What's the general consensus?

I'm looking at the possibility of selling my firepod and getting a MOTU 896HD

What are the pre's like on the MOTU? better than the firepod?

The MOTU seems to have more/better features than the firepod.

The price is not a massive issue... but obviously i want to know that the extra £300 is going towards worthy improvement.

We finally recieved the computer for the new studio, and smiled as we thought, "A couple more connections and we will be up and running." Suffice it to say, things just got way more complicated.

Setup and Questions:

Hello,

Im trying to set up my DAW for the best possible use. .

I really want the cheaper one(828mk2).. can anyone help me decide, what is the big difference, in stability, noise (heard a lot about power supply noise on the MK2). I know the 896HD has 8 preamps and the MK2 only has two, this is one of the main reasons i want to 896HD the most.

I am not sure if i have ever posted here or anywhere in recording.org, but here goes!

i am planning on building my own studio in the future (just for local bands/demos)...its actually just for fun for myslef (i have a day job!)

Hi

I'm looking to upgrade my PC, partly because I can't seem to get rid of clicks/pops from my MOTU firewire... Tried just about everything.
And of course I'd like a faster machine for my Cubase use...

Anyone using a combination of the 828 and UAD-1, with no problems? and if so - which Mobo/CPU do you use?

I have a MOTU 828mkII that randomly makes a really annoying high pitch squealing. It does this in when I am recording and playing back in Cubase and when I am just listing to Itunes. I have a PC with windows XP SP 2, but I have done the fix where you download the patch from MOTU and another from Microsoft and chance the regisry etc... Still with the random noise.

I just upgraded from a Mobile Pre, and I have used Delta a few years old, and have never had a problem with this before. I can't monitor the plugins anymore. They are there during playback, but where are they whe I record. I looked in both manuals and I can't find anything... I am wondering if I have forgot to set something, or something I (obviously) don't know about?

anyone, have any thoughts on this card? anyone, using it, and if so, what do you think?