In a message dated 4/12/07 5:37:58 AM, bobdemaa@mac.com writes: > The sound of the ensemble will make the firepod seem dark. The > Presonus converters are very nice, very musical, but dark by > comparison. To answer your number one question, yes, the converters > are that much better. I'm pretty sure the ensemble costs about a > Grand more than a firepod, the converters between the two are not > even in the same league IMHO. > > Can you say anything about your experience with latency,buffer settings,etc. Thanks -Joel

On Apr 12, 2007, at 4:28 AM, PrjStd@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 4/12/07 5:37:58 AM, bobdemaa@mac.com writes: >> The sound of the ensemble will make the firepod seem dark. The >> Presonus converters are very nice, very musical, but dark by >> comparison. To answer your number one question, yes, the converters >> are that much better. I'm pretty sure the ensemble costs about a >> Grand more than a firepod, the converters between the two are not >> even in the same league IMHO. >> > Can you say anything about your experience with latency,buffer > settings,etc. > Thanks -Joel no I really can't, but I'd expect it to be about the same as anything else, possibly better knowing that Apogee has devoted a lot of attention to it. I think there is a small amount of DSP in the unit itself which handles routing, which might help keep latency lower than you basic FW interface.