Thunderbolt-Sonnet’s Echo™ Express PCIe 2.0 Expansion Chassis with Thunderbolt™ Ports

[Craig F]

Originally Posted by Firechild

Meaning, I still want a brand new AVID single PCIe Accel card with "HD5" power, compatible with my existing PCIe core card...

compatibility is unlikely given the vast difference in DSP chips there will be
the current DSP chips are end of the product line

but what do I know?

[thephil]

excited as I am about this product according to the sonnet website UAD 2 and any HD card is not yet compatible!

http://www.sonnettech.com/support/ch...olt/index.html

[Jazzbass56]

When will avid post drivers for HD Native, and HDX cards, RME, and Lynx can do it, come on Avid

[XmenX]

From what I heard, Magma has finally made the announcement that thier Thunderbolt Expansion Unit has been approved / certified by Intel.
Magma is now shipping a fully certified Thunderbolt Expansion chassis.


http://www.youtube.com/MagmaExpansion

[KMcK]

Just to update this thread -

The Sonnet Echo Express single-slot version works with the HD Native card and PTHD 10.2 really well on 10.7.4. No additional drivers needed other than installing PTHD 10.2.

The OWC "Helios" enclosure which is essentially the same thing but cheaper and more compact also works fine with HD Native + PTHD 10.2.

[Jazzbass56]

Great, thanks for the report, it's good to have options :)

Tommy

[Spydog1985]

Originally Posted by KMcK

Just to update this thread -

The Sonnet Echo Express single-slot version works with the HD Native card and PTHD 10.2 really well on 10.7.4. No additional drivers needed other than installing PTHD 10.2.

The OWC "Helios" enclosure which is essentially the same thing but cheaper and more compact also works fine with HD Native + PTHD 10.2.

Thank you! are there any comparable positives to either noise wise or any other significant factor?

[DucoLax]

Check this video.
I found this just today when I was looking for External GPU Solution:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWpwmrgYAXI

[KMcK]

Originally Posted by Spydog1985

Thank you! are there any comparable positives to either noise wise or any other significant factor?

I originally got the Sonnet, but returned it for the OWC once the Helios was announced. Both have noticeable fan noise, but the OWC is a little quieter, and also has a smaller overall footprint, almost half the size of the Sonnet. Part of that is probably b/c the Sonnet has an internal power supply and the OWC uses an external in-line brick style plug.

[Spydog1985]

Awesome. Thank you. Just what I needed.