deadman
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RME Fireface 800 or Presonus Firestudio lightpipe + Apogee Mini-DAC? HELP!!!
#808800 - 02/02/10 06:21 PM
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Hi all, really need help with this. I will TRY to keep this simple, but here goes.
I
need a new interface, i don't really need analogue I/O's, i use a lot of ADAT optical
connections, 16 I/O's as on the RME would be enough to get by, but the 32 on the Presonus
would be advantageous. The problem is this. Audio quality is everything to me!!! RME's
audio quality is renowned, no problem there, but, i would not use the DAC on the
presonus, i would use an Apogee mini-dac for that, however if i want to go down the
Presonus + Apogee route, would using the Presonus simply as a digital I/O box, impair the
audio quality in terms of inferior jitter suppression the RME is outstanding at. Hope that
is understandable. Thanks in advance for any input.
Iv'e also just this
second found out about the M'Audio ProFire Lightbridge, which is cheaper which is good,
but the same question applies, if not using either the ProFire or the Presonus for DAC
duties, will their inferior data handling effect audio quality??????
P.S.
This driving me nuts 
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Edited by deadman (02/02/10 06:39 PM)
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chris...
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Re: RME Fireface 800 or Presonus Firestudio lightpipe + Apogee Mini-DAC? HELP!!!
[Re: deadman]
#808829 - 02/02/10 08:00 PM
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Check out this very recent thread.
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Tui
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Re: RME Fireface 800 or Presonus Firestudio lightpipe + Apogee Mini-DAC? HELP!!!
[Re: deadman]
#808830 - 02/02/10 08:06 PM
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As long as you keep the signal within the digital domain, clock jitter is of no concern.
It can affect audio only during AD-DA conversions.
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deadman
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Re: RME Fireface 800 or Presonus Firestudio lightpipe + Apogee Mini-DAC? HELP!!!
[Re: deadman]
#808832 - 02/02/10 08:09 PM
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the link does not answer the question
Edited by deadman (02/02/10 08:14 PM)
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deadman
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Re: RME Fireface 800 or Presonus Firestudio lightpipe + Apogee Mini-DAC? HELP!!!
[Re: deadman]
#808834 - 02/02/10 08:19 PM
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Aha! great info on the jitter thing, if thats the case, i guess the only issue is RME
ff800 for DAC duties vs Apogee mini dac
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marsnic
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Re: RME Fireface 800 or Presonus Firestudio lightpipe + Apogee Mini-DAC? HELP!!!
[Re: deadman]
#808934 - 03/02/10 09:49 AM
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Are you restricted to a firewire interface? The RME digiface may offer a better solution
here if you want more digital options.
I own a Fireface btw and used to have
an Apogee Mini-Me. As far as conversion (albeit AD in this case) is concerned, they were
pretty close in my opinion. Different yes, but more a subjective preference decision and
not, this one is better than that one. They are both 2 good sounding DACs. I kept the
Fireface over the Apogee primarily because of the reliabilty and lack of hassle with using
it with whatever computer. It has yet to fail me in any way. I could not say the same for
the Apogee. When it worked it was great but it wasn't hassle free. If you're just using it
as a DAC and not an interface of course, this won't be an issue.
Just to
possibly confuse you further, I actually use a Lavry DA10 DAC with the Fireface which I
find to be far more revealing and open than the Fireface DAC (and it also has a volume
control which I still find the most irritating omission on the Fireface.
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deadman
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Re: RME Fireface 800 or Presonus Firestudio lightpipe + Apogee Mini-DAC? HELP!!!
[Re: marsnic]
#808978 - 03/02/10 12:00 PM
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Yes i am restricted to firewire, wanted soo badly to run a digiface but can't coz of the
stupid PCI thingy : (
Thanks for attempting to confuse me : ) but have to keep
this within £1200 if poss... i think i will go for the RME, unless anyone comes up with
another solution, i really would LOVE to have at least 24 ADAT I/O's but if it's either
going to cost too much or compromise audio quailty in any way i'm not interested...
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marsnic
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Re: RME Fireface 800 or Presonus Firestudio lightpipe + Apogee Mini-DAC? HELP!!!
[Re: deadman]
#809032 - 03/02/10 02:45 PM
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I don't think you will be disappointed with the Fireface and you can always add more
channels later when you have the cash available.
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deadman
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Re: RME Fireface 800 or Presonus Firestudio lightpipe + Apogee Mini-DAC? HELP!!!
[Re: marsnic]
#809041 - 03/02/10 03:51 PM
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Add more ADAT channels? How?
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marsnic
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Re: RME Fireface 800 or Presonus Firestudio lightpipe + Apogee Mini-DAC? HELP!!!
[Re: deadman]
#809044 - 03/02/10 03:58 PM
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One way is to daisy chain another fireface. If you are using firewire 800, I believe you
can chain 3 devices. If you are using 400, you might need to disable certain channels to
conserve bandwidth to get all your required ADAT channels working.
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