rme fireface 800 or 400?

kaiya · 11th January 2008

has anyone used either the RME fireface 400 or 800?

Curious if the hardware is the same, drivers are the same?...just wonder if you think it would be really worth the 500-600$ extra to splurge for the RME 800

thanks

mdme_sadie · 11th January 2008

Drivers/software is the same, hardware is slightly different. The FF400 uses the same chip for both ADC/DAC while the 800 uses separate chips. Sound-wise they're the same though. Unless you plan on daisy chaining the units together to get more inputs (and therefore need the extra bandwidth of FW800) go for the FW400. Either way is a winner though.

kaiya · 11th January 2008

cool,..thanks for you input man

peeder · 11th January 2008

FF800 has specs that VASTLY outshine those of the FF400. They did say that the FF400 preamps were slightly improved over the FF800. I can't imagine I'd want an FF400, and I'd never use any of their preamps anyway.

FF800.

Sacalait · 11th January 2008

If you need mic pre's, go with either. However, you might serve yourself better by going MultiFace II and a higher-end mic pre.

That's my experience.

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kaiya Gear Head Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 37 Thread Starter	rme fireface 800 or 400? has anyone used either the RME fireface 400 or 800? Curious if the hardware is the same, drivers are the same?...just wonder if you think it would be really worth the 500-600$ extra to splurge for the RME 800 thanks

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mdme_sadie Lives for gear Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,070 2 Reviews written	Drivers/software is the same, hardware is slightly different. The FF400 uses the same chip for both ADC/DAC while the 800 uses separate chips. Sound-wise they're the same though. Unless you plan on daisy chaining the units together to get more inputs (and therefore need the extra bandwidth of FW800) go for the FW400. Either way is a winner though.

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peeder Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2006 Location: No longer participating here. Posts: 6,705	FF800 has specs that VASTLY outshine those of the FF400. They did say that the FF400 preamps were slightly improved over the FF800. I can't imagine I'd want an FF400, and I'd never use any of their preamps anyway. FF800.