![]() ![]() The sense of 'will it work or won't it?' engendered by the restrictions of USB, a connection originally intended for printers and scanners, and the resultant negative attitude towards it as a serious protocol for audio are not stigmas from which the Firewire Audiophile will suffer. ![]() Where it scores, of course, is in using the high-bandwidth Firewire protocol, which has been proved capable of supporting far more channels than this interface offers. With an SRP of £229 including VAT, and already just under £200 'on the street', this interface breaks a psychological price barrier and competes with some of the higher-end USB interfaces such as the Tascam US122 and Emagic EMI 6|2 (and 2|6). M‑Audio, with their Firewire 410 (reviewed SOS March 2004), have expanded the market downward and continue this trend with the introduction of the Firewire Audiophile, taking what is now a family name from their ever-popular PCI interface and its USB sibling. Until recently, the benefits of the high-bandwidth IEEE 1394 interface were available only to musicians on a relatively generous budget, but now M‑Audio are making Firewire peripherals available at new low prices.įirewire audio interfaces have, until recently, been specified and priced for the pro and semi-pro market, with names such as MOTU and Metric Halo at the forefront.
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