Unfortunately, no line-in, which seems to be increasingly the case these days - laptops are also only with microphone input (no, no mic / line combo jack, but a mono input is laid out) delivered. All the smaller Sound Blaster products also, and the cheaper USB sound sticks anyway.
In the end I am now stuck with the E-Mu 0202USB - may cost significantly more can, but deal with stereo line-level signals, NEN Kopfhoererverstaerker has, and has reasonably good preamps.
Who needs the sound card only to hear and not the occasional record will be well served with the Sound Blaster Play. But simple line shots as they are available at all known to me desktop card should be in there already, and that's why the star deduction.
