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This article has some good information on this subject:
[url=http://www.wiebetech.com/whitepapers/FireWirePortFailures.php WiebeTech Micro Storage Solutions -White Papers[/url]
Ever since Leopard, it seems like most of the firewire audio interface manufacturers are having nothing but problems getting drivers to work reliably, despite their claims that they are manufacturing their devices to apple's specs.
I think that apple should ship all of their computers with an expresscard slot instead of firewire ports. I really regret buying a 24" imac, I have had nothing but problems trying to get a reliable audio interface to work with it, my only options are FW or USB. |
I read the White Paper you linked to, it says that FW port failure is not too common... From reading it through it would seem that by ensuring that you have good quality FW cables and avoid dodgy things such as no-name Chinese enclosures you are unlikely to have a problem.
I hope you get your issues sorted out, I use the Ensemble via FW on an iMac, a G5 tower and a G4 laptop with no problems at all. If FW dies as you wish then you had better get used to USB audio interfaces with 4 channels, or buying desktop computers with PCI slots.