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Originally Posted by Marsdy
Hud I was just wondering you’d considered the Ferrofish Dante AD/DA’s as an alternative to the Focusrite and if so, what put you off them? I ask because I’m also looking into expanding the I/O of my MTRX Studio and the Ferrofish stuff is ticking a lot of boxes including not having any fans.
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Hi Dave,
I'm not the OP but I can speak to this.
I have several types of converters in the studio- 16 channels of Avid MTRX, 16 channels of Ferrofish Pulse 16 DX CV, 32 channels of Focusrite Dante (2 x A16R), a Red 16 Line and a UA Apollo X8.
Ferrofish are excellent and expandable- you could add a Pulse 16 MX to a DX for example and double your ADA channel count (connecting them over MADI) cheaper than buying another Pulse 16 DX.
The routing matrix in the Ferrofish converters is excellent.
The 'on paper' audio spec is slightly below other converters I have but I will be damned if it makes any difference to how they sound.
The only 'non-pro' aspect to them is the external power supply but as I say in the review I'll be glad of that if the power supply ever fails as it can be easily replaced.
A bit of velcro and a few cable ties sorted out the wiring messiness due to the external PS in a few mins.
You can read my review of it here:
https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/pro...6-dx-cv-review
The Focusrite A16R fan is annoying in the control room.
They sound great and the only issue for me is the fan noise.
I use them for 32 channels of outboard as hardware inserts so I only turn them on when mixing.
I might end up selling the A16R's at some point and replace them with something fan-less but it isn't my top priority.
That might be a couple of Pulses or it might be a Lynx Aurora n.
Lynx are more expensive of course and sound terrific.
I reviewed that converter here:
https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/pro...urora-n-tested
Hope this helps.