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Pristine DAC with FireWire!
Following the huge success of Mini-Me, Apogee designed a welcome addition to their Mini Series, the Mini-DAC FireWire. This professional quality 192kHz D/A converter is the ultimate portable and compact solution for studio playback, reference monitoring, FireWire connectivity to your DAW, and premium home audio systems.
Apogee Mini-DAC FireWire at a Glance:
- Compact, high quality D/A converter
- "Digital-Thru-Mode" interfaces non-USB devices to your computer
- Precision reference monitoring without a mixer
Compact, high quality D/A converter
With the venerable AD-1000 in mind, Apogee set out to make a series of next-generation, compact, high quality converters that audio professionals will not want to do without. And although Mini-DAC is built to go and priced to move (it's far less expensive than any Apogee D/A ever), it delivers a feature rich D/A converter that is unrivaled in the pro studio world.
"Digital-Thru-Mode" interfaces non-FireWire devices to your computer
These days, if you are doing digital, you need connectivity options. Through Mini-DAC's ability to interface directly with your computer and virtually any DAW via FireWire, you get maximum flexibility for a myriad of input formats. And in the Mini-DAC Apogee has taken advantage of this FireWire capability by expanding it to offer what's call "Digital-Thru-Mode." This provides the exciting option of interfacing non-FireWire digital devices with your computer through your Mini-DAC. To use digital-thru-mode, set the Mini-DAC's input selector to "FireWire"... connect any two-channel digital device like Apogee's Mini-Me, Trak2, or Rosetta, and you have just USB enabled your favorite A/D converter and interfaced it with your computer/DAW. No other hardware is required!
Precision reference monitoring without a mixer
Are you using a massive mixer just to ride your monitor levels? Or do you have a great A/D but inferior D/A? Then make a little room for Mini-DAC. With comprehensive level control and a high quality headphone output you can hear exactly what you are committing to while recording. And when it is time to mix down, Mini-DAC provides the optimum stereo image and the most faithful analog reproduction of your carefully recorded digital audio that money can buy.
Apogee Mini-DAC FireWire Features:
- Inputs include AES (single & double wide), Optical (ADAT,S/MUX & S/PDIF), S/PDIF Coax, & FireWire
- Analog Output level control for direct connection of powered monitors
- Low-current, low-voltage - ideal for location/ENG
- Digital thru mode adds USB functionality to any digital device including Apogee's Mini-Me, Trak2 and Rosetta
With the Apogee Mini-DAC FireWire, pristine audio is in your hands!
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"Sick of cheap, lightweight, off-the-shelf, noisy, low quality audio boxes? If so, go with an Apogee. I have heard the MiniDac... Wait, you can not really hear this box, it's too quiet! I was amazed at what my ears didn't hear. It doesn't matter if you are a laptop musician or a home audio pro, go with one of these boxes to get the best sound money can buy."
Carson McClain
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