Apogee Duet - Top Audio interface under $500?????

[LoopStationZebra]

In comparison my Ultralite was dead stable under XP, as are most of my friends.

Suddenly there seems to be a rash of 'Ultralite is really for the Mac' posts. lol.

[LoopStationZebra]

They also have a 'seemingly' poor record at customer support of not answering emails or telephone calls,

Because they got sick of retards calling them who didn't know the first thing about setting up their equipment, downloading the proper drives, and - first and foremost - were utterly incapable of reading the fucking manual. Or, um, visiting any one of 86,000 forums where the answers inevitably are waiting.

[leedsquietman]

Have you tried to contact them with a problem ?.

I'm sure you're right on many levels, but I know people who are not retards who have had to wait for weeks to get a response from this company.

The answers were not on unicornation or anywhere else.

[sunaivod]

I need some advice, can't decide what to choose Apogee Duet or SAFFIRE PRO 24 DSP
I think the saffire got more options, but I just want quality.. just need it for recording guitars / vocals.
(I've got macbookpro)

[maksk]

i'm going to buy a Duet, but i was wondering: it hasn't got a powersupply. Do you guys leave it plugged in all the time, even when your computer is off?

[SubFunk]

Should be fine, my presonus card is since about 4 years on, day and night.
any good designed audio gear needs to handle that, OK the duet is a consumer card, but apogee does make serious equipment, and it is a studio and broadcast requirement that audio gear needs to be able to be 24hrs a day in use. so don't worry about it.

[SubFunk]

Besides the power on a 6pin firewire connex is interupted when you put the comp to sleep and of course when you switch him off.

[ticcthesoulrebel]

Duet is the best the Saffire is good but i had issues with it with my mac so i have the duet it sounds great. I have heard the Tc Konnect also and it sound good too.

[H20nly]

I have heard the Tc Konnect also and it sound good too.

I have a TC Electronic Konnekt 6. It sounds really good - for what its worth. I definitely will be seriously considering their higher end models when I upgrade. I had an Alesis MultiMix 8 that was driving me crazy with noise and shit Pre-amps so I need to upgrade at a reasonable price. Worth looking into as they do play nice with Windows.

[sunaivod]

Meh, I'm going back to basics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHVxrfZA ... r_embedded

[Tarekith]

In comparison my Ultralite was dead stable under XP, as are most of my friends.

Suddenly there seems to be a rash of 'Ultralite is really for the Mac' posts. lol.

Yeah I noticed that. Weird.