<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Did you check RME yet ? They may have something for you … <div>Converters are very good ! I think Kai is still using the RME Fireface ( like me) …. </div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On 09 May 2018, at 17:29, Peter Korsten <<a href="mailto:peter@severity-one.com">peter@severity-one.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Following the comments, I've been doing a little bit of research. Focusrite looks nice, but if you get the Scarlett range, it's a bit at the bottom end, especially in the mic preamps (which I won't use anyway). And USB 2.0 is 18 years old now. The Clarett offers better specs and either Thunderbolt or USB (2.0 and C), but is also considerably more expensive.<br><br></div>So I came across the MOTU 8A: <a href="http://motu.com/products/avb/8a">http://motu.com/products/avb/8a</a><br><br></div>It has everything I need, doesn't have anything I don't need (like mic preamps), has a very good performance (if it's indeed as good as the 16A), and comes with Thunderbolt, USB 3.0 (also usable with 2.0), and an AVB interface, which is one of the many ways to do audio over Ethernet. Not as popular as Dante, but it's an open standard and in due time it should be possible to connect it directly to a PC (you can already connect it to a Mac).<br><br></div>It's pretty new, so I doubt many people worked with it, and it isn't exactly cheap either (€829), but what do you guys think? I know that there are some happy MOTU users here.<br><br></div>- Peter<br></div>
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