June 24, 200917 yr Apogee Electronics > Products > ONE Mac based, usb sound card with built in microphone, 1/8" headphone/line out. Not for needledrops, but apogee converters for $250 retail.
June 24, 200917 yr for $250 it will probably beat the snot out of stuff in the $200-400 category but I'd still save my paper route money and get the duet. It would be cool for on the go macbook listening as it seems much more compact than the duet.
June 24, 200917 yr Netbook running leopard and the apogee ONE could be a great portable/college rig for under $700 all in
June 24, 200917 yr Author The built-in mic is nice. I wonder how good it is. There's a video on apogee's site of ozomatli doing a recording with one, check it out.
June 24, 200917 yr I wonder if the internal DAC is as good as the DUET? well it is most likely different given that the duet is 24/96 capable but I am sure they did a great job with it.
June 24, 200917 yr Author well it is most likely different given that the duet is 24/96 capable but I am sure they did a great job with it. I don't think that necessarily follows, it could just be a USB driver choice. All current dacs can do 24/96, so it is probably just the USB reciever.
June 24, 200917 yr I don't think that necessarily follows, it could just be a USB driver choice. All current dacs can do 24/96, so it is probably just the USB reciever. who says the internet can't teach you stuffs;D
June 24, 200917 yr I don't think that necessarily follows, it could just be a USB driver choice. All current dacs can do 24/96, so it is probably just the USB reciever.Actually, I've seen a couple come out that don't -- surprisingly. (HRT MusicStreamer being the one example I can think of -- I think the other was on here [head-case] somewhere.) So the ONE can't? Fail. I'll pass. Too bad it's black.
June 24, 200917 yr Author I was just talking about the dac chips. I'd be shocked if apogee chose to use a dac chip that didn't support 24/96. I'm guessing (and that's all it is at this point, a guess), that the dac portion of the circuit is the same as the duet, it's just that the usb chipset is 16/48 instead of 24/96 to simplify implementation.
June 24, 200917 yr Oh, okay, yeah, pretty much all current DAC chips can do 24/96 (isn't that what you said?), I see what you're saying now.
August 13, 200916 yr Looks like a great little swiss army knife, and it would be a good price if I already had a Mac. A reference quality built-in mic is a neat idea.
August 13, 200916 yr I'll be patiently awaiting your impressions . It's good. /me traveled into the future to bring you grawk's detailed impressions. **BRENT**
August 13, 200916 yr So they also figured out how to get 24/96 over usb? Or am I misunderstanding the blurb on the apogee website?
August 13, 200916 yr Intro page appears to still say 24/48. Where are you getting 96? Ah yes. 24/48 is what I meant. I thought under normal circumstances USB was limited to 16/48.
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