Sonnet & Magma Anyone tested. Out yet?

[XmenX]

Magma has recently announced that they have released and are now shipping their Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis.
I heard that Intel and Apple have finally approved, qualified and certified the Magma Thunderbolt Expansion unit. IT IS NOW released!!!!

[Spydog1985]

Bump for anyone who has gotten one up an running! Trying to decide which one to buy!

[twdwyer]

Since the 3T has officially been released I'll chime in. I've been using a pre-production unit since mid May, and it's fantastic. I've got HD Native running with an early 2011 17" Macbook Pro, and so far this setup handles anything my old HD2 1/2 would do. I say 2 1/2 because I had an HD2 Accel plus an additional HD process card (not Accel). I'm still using my 2 192 I/O's with additional cards for 24 analog I/O and it's been great. Mind you, I primarily do work that doesn't utilize lots of virtual instruments, but never the less this system has been super solid.
I'm currently using a 27" Apple LED Cinema Display daisy-chained off of the 3T, and external FW drive attached to my MB Pro for audio. I'd like to find a combo FW / USB pcie card to put in the 3T chassis so that I can attach my drives, ilok, and usb keyboard there. So far I've yet to find one that's compatible.
Great system though, so far very pleased!
Tommy

[roberts]

Originally Posted by XmenX

Magma has recently announced that they have released and are now shipping their Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis.
I heard that Intel and Apple have finally approved, qualified and certified the Magma Thunderbolt Expansion unit. IT IS NOW released!!!!

I was told I have to wait 3 months

[thephil]

ok so the Magma seems to be working, what about the sonnet?

[nst7]

I believe people have posted that the Sonnet is working as well.

You might also consider OWC's new PCIe to Thunderbolt chassis which just came out. It's a little bit cheaper than the Sonnet.

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Thund...ercury_Helios/

Note that all these 1 slot versions will not work with HDX, but are okay with HD Native (or UAD cards). For HDX you'll need the 2 slot Sonnet or 3 slot Magma.

The Thunderbolt drivers are now built into Protools, so any of these should be fine. I think they have not officially announced compatibility because they haven't gotten the final official endorsement from Apple, but they are fully operational.

[thephil]

great , I have HD Native and a UAD card. I did notice on UA website it saying that their cards dont work with magma yet....

[LukeHoward]

Originally Posted by thephil

great , I have HD Native and a UAD card. I did notice on UA website it saying that their cards dont work with magma yet....

If you look at Info.plist for the UAD-2 PCIe drivers, the presence of the IOPCITunnelCompatible key suggests that it is Thunderbolt-ready. There's also a video somewhere on YouTube with a UAD-2 Quad and HDX card in some sort of Thunderbolt chassis.