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Old 17th February 2009   #14
58lespaul
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One of the Pres on my Firestudio Project crapped out yesterday and I am now looking to upgrade (warranty is over =[ ). If you use Cubase (like I do) I think that the N12 and the MR816 are no brainers. George stated in the massive N12 thread that the N12 and the MR816 have the same converters and pre-amps (aka, Yamaha's top of the line stuff). As someone that is also going to upgrade I have chosen the MR816 over the FF800 for these reasons:

- The MR816 has superior converters to the FF800
- The MR816 has superior pre-amps to the FF800
- The MR816 comes with some excellent additional plug ins
- Full Cubase intergration (huge!)
- And the real kicker... it is cheaper than the FF800...

This makes sense since the FF800 is ancient in technology terms... it was released in what? 2004? I would go with the newer technology. Better bang for the buck =]
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