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Originally Posted by mortimer  The Profire has 26 ins and 26 outs (hence the 2626). 8 of the IO has built in A/D D/A converters. The means the one unit has 8 analog inputs (mic/line inputs), and 8 analog outputs (line out). The rest of the inputs are accessible through two sets of ADAT ins and outs (four optical ports. 2x 8ch in and 2x 8ch out). The two last IO are S/PDIF digital IOs, the kind you find on MiniDisc, CD players etc.
The Profire 2626 can also operate "standalone", that is not connected via firewire to a computer. This means that you can get one or two EXTRA Profires, and configure them to behave as the extra AD/DAs needed to "expand" the first Profire to have 24 analog inputs and outputs. See what I mean?
As far as alternative AD/DAs, I'm not the right guy to answer this. My budget pointed me towards the 2626, it seems to be a flexible unit for a reasonable price, and many seem to be very happy with the quality of the preamps. If I'm not much mistaken, you can get pure ADAT AD converters with no pres (only line in) that cost way beyond what the 2626 costs, but I really don't have any idea how much better these are in comparison.
As for cost, sticking to the Profire 2626 only, you'd have 24 ins and 24 outs for the price of three Profire 2626, four TOSLINK optical cables (and maybe some coaxial cables for the PLL clock syncing between the units. Not sure if you need 2 or 4 of those). As I am in Norway, I doubt that any price I could come up with would benefit you :)
Hope this helps, man |
Thanks Mortimer Makes perfect sense now...
So guys help me out..
Is there a stand alone 8 ch Adat ad/da line in converter cheaper and of similar quality to the profire????
Your help is greatly apprecciatted.
BA