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    Anyone with experience about an Echo Indigo IOx

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by laststop311, May 27, 2009.

  1. laststop311

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    I am a audiophile and I listen to a ton of music off my computer. I am buying a new notebook soon and I am concerned that the integrated audio of my notebook will not live up to my E-MU sound card 1212m.

    Will the Echo Indigo IOx give a very noticeable boost in quality over the integrated sound? Will it make a large impact on the battery? Will the Echo IOx be close to my E-MU 1212 desktop PCI card? It's a 200 dollar express sound card so I want to be sure before i drop 200 on this card.
     
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    I'm not sure about the Indigo, but I use their AudioFire2 with my laptop and it makes an entire world of difference. I can't listen to music through my laptop's onboard sound card anymore. I would expect good performance out of the Indigo also.
     
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    I checked out the firewire version and I don't really need the extra inputs and outputs. I just need 1 simple 1/8" output to run to my 2.1 speakers but I did like the 116 s/n ratio vs the 106 s/n ratio of the expresscard. I also liked that there were firewire ports on the actual product as well. I'm assuming one was for the connection to the computer and the other one to make up for the port it's using which is pretty tight. The firewire version is actually about 40 bucks cheaper too, but it's more bulky to carry around and looks like it uses more power. Guess I'll have to think about which way I go.
     
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    Try the Indigo DJx, it has 2 outputs instead of the IOx's single input and outputs.

    I had the original Cardbus Indigo IO, and its sound quality was excellent, much better than any integrated audio card. Its latency was also very low using the ASIO drivers with my software synths.

    Echo's drivers are the fastest and most stable I've used on the PC side for low-latency audio recording and software synths. I can't say that about my Native Instruments, M-Audio, or Novation interfaces.
     
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    Yeah, if your running the AF2 off of a 4 port firewire(like my laptop) then you have to use the AC adapter also, so it does make it a pain for traveling or moving around much. But I will say its sounds good enough that its worth staying at your desk. ;)
     
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