Which soundcard to choose for recording (guitar, MC etc)?

Which soundcard upto 150 USD would you recommend for RECORDING sound? I do not need all these 7.1, 3D sound and other things for computer games and DVD movies - I DO NOT play computer games and do no watch DVD movies, I do not even listen to music with a computer - I have a CD player for that purpose. So the output can be plain, I do not care; the important thing for me is INPUT. I want it to be clean and of high quality. So what soundcards would you recommend me, being no more than 150 USD?

If you have a pre-amp for line sources/microphones,
ESI Juli@ (around ~130US$)
- http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/...lia/index.html
- http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan0...s/esijulia.htm
E-MU 0404 (under 100US$)
- http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep0...es/emu0404.htm
If you need a device w/ mic-preamp then you propably need to pay a bit more.
M-Audio USB, E-MU 0202/0404 USB, Presonus Inspire, etc.
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