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Sonnet PCIe expansion chassis
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 4:50 pm
by joelfriedman
Just an FYI for those interested in PCIe expansion chassis.
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/01/16/son ... expansion/
Re: Sonnet PCIe expansion chassis
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:13 pm
by James Steele
Interesting! Of course UAD-2 DUO won't be compatible and it's uncertain what will happen with the PCIe-424. But the price point, if this is typical for these chassis, seems to indicate MOTU could easily sell a TB to Audiowire breakout box for $299 or so. Whether they'd sell enough to make the development worth their while, who knows? But it would be awesome if they did!
Re: Sonnet PCIe expansion chassis
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:24 am
by Phil O
James, check out this thread:
http://www.motunation.com/forum/viewtop ... =9&t=56686
There's a link there to their compatibility chart, and if the chart is correct, the UAD-2 stuff is all compatible.
Phil
Re: Sonnet PCIe expansion chassis
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:21 am
by James Steele
Really? That would be great because I saw an email floating around from UA saying only the OCTO card would be compatible with expansion chassis. That is indeed good news if true.

Re: Sonnet PCIe expansion chassis
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 1:32 pm
by Phil O
Well, time will tell. I recall getting the same e-mail. Maybe Sonnet figured it out. Or maybe they are wrong.

Re: Sonnet PCIe expansion chassis
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:15 pm
by mikehalloran
It could be that the hardware shows a system profile. That's part of the battle but without the right drivers and firmware, you don't have functionality. Sonnet does not say what "compatible" means in the real world.
Re: Sonnet PCIe expansion chassis
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:45 pm
by James Steele
Yep. There's another topic on the board were someone says it's NOT got to work with the older UAD-2 cards.
