[sdiy] Decent 192kHz USB audio-interface

[Jason Proctor]

On Sun, May 2, 2021 at 11:16 AM Brian Willoughby
<brianw at audiobanshee.com> wrote:
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> Metric Halo Labs also have excellent long-term support. Literally every model they've released can be upgraded to the current 3d ethernet+USB protocols. Their first interface came out in 2001, so that's two decades of support. Nobody left behind. The only thing you can't upgrade is the maximum sample rate. Thus, the 96 kHz models will always be limited to 96 kHz max, in all other respects you can upgrade to the latest quality that's in the 192 kHz models. I have some interfaces still on the FireWire standard, and they work with Apple's Thunderbolt to FireWire adapter cable. The 3d models work with standard ethernet, and have single-sample latency over ethernet (much better than Dante 5 ms or 10 ms latency) which is great for building large channel count studios.
>

Even though my UA X8 is a wicked piece of gear, I miss the bulletproof
no-nonsense robustness of my FF800 and the excellent TotalMix. If I
was going for an audio interface again, it would be a choice only
between RME and Metric Halo.

(my FF was very solid up to 96k for the time I was experimenting
there, but I never went to 192k even though the hardware supported it.
And the box was still reliable even via Tb -> Fw)