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John McLachlan - 23 Mar 2005 02:19 GMT

Anyone have experience with some of the alternate input and output
devices on the Mac? I wore out the 1/8" jacks on the other computer,
and was hoping to go to an external device. unfortunately, a lack of
choices.

most USB stuff is USB 1.1 - not sure if that can cause clicks dropouts.
Most of the firewire stuff is 1/4" jacks and geared towards instruments.

Anyone happy with stuff? Anyone see problems with USB 1.1 inputs and
droupouts?

thanks

- J

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andrewunix - 23 Mar 2005 03:52 GMT

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:19:29 -0500, johnmc_yg@comcast.net suggested:

: Anyone have experience with some of the alternate input and output
: devices on the Mac? I wore out the 1/8" jacks on the other computer,
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: Anyone happy with stuff? Anyone see problems with USB 1.1 inputs and
: droupouts?

I have an M-Audio USB Audiophile (which is 1.1). It works fine most of the
time, but it has trouble when I try to monitor a source through it (via
software monitoring).

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D P Schreber - 23 Mar 2005 13:00 GMT

> Anyone have experience with some of the alternate input and output
> devices on the Mac?

If you're trying to record on your Mac or use it as a playback device in
a stereo system, the M-Audio "Audiophile" firewire box is pretty good
for the money imo. It has the following jacks: two firewire, one coax
digital in, one coax digital out, two rca analog in, one rca analog out,
two midi, and 1/4" headphone.

That more than covers my needs. Whether it will cover yours is
impossible to say without more information. What is it you're trying to
do?

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John McLachlan - 26 Mar 2005 05:02 GMT

> That more than covers my needs. Whether it will cover yours is
> impossible to say without more information. What is it you're trying to
> do?

Well, like the original message said - last computer I wore out the
output jack. Having an external jack, I can't not only wear out a
cheaper jack, I can keep external things plugged in all the time, and
just use the sound panel to switch output streams. (why the macs still
don't do this internally, rather than having the audio out jack in
'defeat' mode is still beyond me - but this is the company still
shipping one button mice. :)

I've seen a few posts similar to the other poster - small hiccups with
USB 1.1 No clue why no one has USB 2.0 interfaces yet. Firewire is
nice... Aside from the a clean interface, no real requirements. On
the fw audiophile - having two outputs is nice - keep monitors and
stereo connected at the same time. Midi isn't needed now, but it's
nice to have once I finally get to spend time with the keyboard...
This one has no hardware audio modifiers, but that's fine - no need to
screw up your inputs too much. The only problem looks like the
inability to hot swap. hmmmm

I'll have to see if I can find a good price...

- J

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