I run an 828mkII through my PB via firewire and it's very stable. It's never given me any problems and is very pleasant to work with. I think the MOTU firewire unit is a great unit for the price. It's easy to operate, has a good amount of features, and sounds pretty good too. Although, I've not used it for monitoring because I use the aux buses on my A&H to get a live feed... so I cannot comment on how well the monitoring system (CueMix) works.

Hope that helps a little

-wes-

pci is generally more stable than firewire...

My 828mkii has been very stable. Once I determined the optimal buffer size settings, I was good to go.

I also considered the 2408 which is PCI-based. Now, the card connects to the 2408 via a cable that looks exactly like a firewire cable. I think they call it "audiowire." So, I'm just wondering aloud here ... what makes audiowire purportedly more stable than firewire? How is it different/better?

My 828 mkii is great- I used to have a 2408 mkii pci based system and I did not have any problems either- both are very stable

Hi!

Thank's for your time....

Motu rules!

Murdock

Murdock wrote: Hi!

Thank's for your time....

Motu rules!

Murdock

I recommend the RME Fireface 800.

Fireface 800; Better converters, clock, filters and better preamps.

The best professional Firewire interface ever made and second to none.

Guy.

if you can splash out the extra cash, then i second the fireface 800, a murder unit RME has build there and indeed very hard to beat in the moment. but you can't really go wrong with motu either, specially the 828 mkll comes cheap in our days, lot's of nice deals around to grab one, unless you have some extra bucks...