I looked it up on one site and it was about $500. The Apogee Duet looks like a far better device for outputting from the computer. I run a Mackie 16-channel mixer with the optional FireWire card to output it to an iMac for recording (it works fantastic for that and far exceeds my simple needs - all 16 channels available individually plus main mix on 17/18), but its ability to play back to the mixer is pathetic: it feeds at "full blast" with no gain or fader control on the mixer and no control from the computer at all (if you don't believe me, read the forums on the Mackie site) except the volume control of the application you are using (the first tick of the volume slider in iTunes puts the level about as high as you would want it) and it feeds in through the control-room section of the mixer with the "option" to feed it to the main mix (at full blast). FxSound Enhancer for mac optimizes 5.1 and 7.1 Surround Sound audio content and is carefully tuned to provide superior sound quality for each channel of all multi-channel Surround Sound formats. The Apogee Duet looks like a great device. That means you get a studio quality listening experience without the need for overly expensive headphones or speakers.
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