| I'm also interested in hearing about direct comparisons between the Fireface 400 and 800, particularly with regard to the sound quality differences between the AD/DA converters of each unit.
Not needing the extra I/O of the 800, I'm about to invest in a 400, but if the 800 has a more than academic sound quality improvement I would consider moving up.
I'm also interested to find out whether the 800's soft-clip and instrument specific dsp functions are worth having (they're missing on the 400) and whether having pre-AD (analog) gain on the 800 proves beneficial sonically for inputs that sit awkwardly outside or between the reference +4 and -10 reference levels.
My last concern is about stability of the unit(s) regarding using them as direct out to a nice pair of powered monitors (running Mackie 824s). These units ever crash internally? Ever send anything offensive to your monitors. Do you guys trust a digital attenuator as a last stage before your monitors?
Last thing, does the digital knob on the 400 remember which channel(s) it's controlling between switch-off and on?
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