Audio Interfaces

There are many high‑end converters that boast excellent specifications — but this one sounds good too!

We take an exclusive first look at Prism Sound’s new flagship converter/audio interface.

Antelope Audio are all about high-end quality at a lower price. Does the third generation of their Orion 32+ deliver the goods?

This complex, multi-faceted device offers more than you’d imagine at first glance...

Boasting reference-quality converters, the Hilo also promises to be future-proof...

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A useful studio workhorse offering eight channels of mic pres plus ADAT I/O, that does just what it says on the tin.

With even the cheapest soundcards now offering 24-bit, 192kHz recording, is it still worth investing in high-end converters? Lynx certainly think so...

Until now, MADI interfacing has been restricted to high-end digital desks, but RME's affordable hardware brings it to the project studio market. If you need a lot of inputs or outputs within an ASIO environment, their soundcard and 64-channel MADI-to-ADAT converter could be the perfect choice.

ST Audio's DSP3000 system offers an impressive feature set for its price, boasting eight-channel 24-bit/96kHz analogue I/O with mic preamps on every channel, plus digital I/O in S/PDIF and AES-EBU formats, MIDI I/O, and the ability to function as a stand-alone analogue/ADAT digital converter.

Terratec's new professional division are looking to make a splash with their rackmounting multi-channel A-D/D-A converters, which feature SPL-designed mic amps and close integration with their EWS 88MT soundcard.