Yeah..... do what you want to do and buy what you want to buy.....
I really love my maxisound, but there are other good cards available.
If you want to wait for some new soundcard, thats really ok !! Maybe IŽll buy another one in one year, who knows??
But, I would never purchase a brand new one cos there might be lots of trouble with drivers and sometimes with hardware, as well. Take for example the EWS64 when this card came out. Terratec had lots of problems, as you remember.
Ciao and good luck to you, Mr. Nobody :-))
Clemens