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Old 02-11-2004, 12:20 PM
Pete Gould Pete Gould is offline
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We have an old 888 interface (Rev-A) connected to an Avid Symphony edit system. The problem with Rev-A 888's is that they were built before the standard of -20db digital = 0db VU analog was arrived at, and they lack the headroom to be calibrated that way (if you try it you'll end up with analog distortion at peaks). They are, instead, calibrated to -14 = 0VU, which is out of place with the rest of our infrastructure.

At the moment there are a lot of 888's out there on the secondary market -- one we have access to through another company is a Rev-H 888. We're wondering how to determine (other than by buying and installing it) if the Rev-H box was redesigned so it can be configured to -20 -- certainly it has undergone some other evident improvements.

The other thing we're wondering is if the 888|24 is plug compatible with the 888 Rev-A, in which case we'd get one of those. Thoughts?
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