Focusrite Saffire Pro 10 i/o VS. FirePod

[wfhscoyotes]

Has anyone gotten the chance to use a Saffire Pro 10 yet? Sales engineers? Anyone? I want to know how it compares to the FirePod in terms of preamp quality/noise level and how easy/hard it is to setup with your DAW software.

I'm doing home recording, not professional or live, if that helps you any.

EDIT: Also, I want to know how good it is at AD conversion.

[zerotalent]

I think the saffire pro would be a better option. The pres are a bit better in my opinion and the over all quality of the box is better. If you can squeeze another $200 out of your budget though, I would suggest doing up to the Firestudio. I'm a big fan of this box, great quality pres, converters, and you can expand out to 24 total pres when you tack on a couple of digimaxes. Great system!