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Magma PE6R4 discontinued?
Curious if anyone has any information on this. I'm now seeing the Magma PE6R4 Chassis (PCI, with PCIe host card) listed as discontinued on some major retailer websites (B&H Photo, for example). Is this product on the way out?
If so, is there a newer, preferred Magma chassis with a PCIe host card for newer Macs for use with older PCI PT cards? |
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Re: Magma PE6R4 discontinued?
There has been some mention on this forum about people ordering the PE6R4 recently and receiving a model PE6R4i I believe that has a silent power supply upgrade.
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Re: Magma PE6R4 discontinued?
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Its still in their store! and they recently introduced the "I" version with a single I-Pass cable. http://www.magma.com/products/pci/PE6R4/prices.html
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Re: Magma PE6R4 discontinued?
ive got 2 on their way - i think they make them to order now
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Re: Magma PE6R4 discontinued?
Yes they are made to order; they actually always have been for the most part. I got my PE6R4I in about 4 days after ordering. It simply just worked perfectly out of the box and it is dead silent. Having had the Expansion HD chassis before; I couldn't believe how much that thing was slowing down my overall Pro Tools experience; the PE6R4I is incredibly fast and robust.
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Re: Magma PE6R4 discontinued?
FWIW, if you already have an existing PE6R4, Magma will sell you the new, quieter power supply (around $200). Pretty quick and easy to install, it makes a huge difference in noise output.
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Re: Magma PE6R4 discontinued?
Just got the PE6R4I and it works great out of the box here too.
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Re: Magma PE6R4 discontinued?
I'm not aware of it being discontinued..... I switched from Windows to an 8-core Mac and put my PTHD3 Accel PCIX cards in the chassis with zero issues. In fact, this system is ROCK SOLID. The only issue I have is, that chassis fan is LOUD!!!! It's such a simple box, why??? Oh well, it works and that's all that matters.
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Re: Magma PE6R4 discontinued?
Brad,
I have the new PE6R4I (two of them) and they are VERY QUIET! Excellent chassis. Much better that the previous HD Expansion chassis. These work like a dream. BIG Improvement!
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Re: Magma PE6R4 discontinued?
"I" here as well works great- off topic, anyone tried to veiw video out thru firewire port with success while using magma systems?
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