Mal Hooper <malligator@m...> wrote: > > Could your friend add another $100 to his budget? If so, I would recommend the Firepod. I don't have one, but everything I've seen about the Firepod (and Firebox) says they have great preamps and their Core Audio compatibility is second to none. Funny you should mention it - I just read a really good review for it in Sound On Sound. The only potential drawback is that I don't think it has a DSP-based, software controllable mixer like the FireBox has. On the other hand, the FirePod's I/O offers much greater flexibility.