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Apogee Duet

post #1 of 36
10/16/07 at 11:12pm
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http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/duet.php

Does anybody think this is gonna change our life as much as I do?
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post #2 of 36
10/16/07 at 11:41pm
I'll let you know once I can afford it.. so sometime early next year :P
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post #3 of 36
10/16/07 at 11:57pm
it looks cool but it seems that you have to use it with your laptop to power it, so can't be used with a DAP. plus firewire?

i don't see head-fiers having much use for this thing.
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post #4 of 36
10/17/07 at 12:13am
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I won't be using it for my portable rig. It will be part of my "home" stereo. MacBook feeding NHT PRO self powered speakers. Seems like it's the ultimate "soundcard" solution.
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post #5 of 36
10/17/07 at 1:59pm
It would be of great interest to me if a PC compatible version is released, as I'll always have to use a PC notebook for business needs.

I sent a message to Apogee a while back asking if they planned to offer a similar product compatible with PC's, but got no answer.....all I got earlier this year were vague and/or incorrect answers to other questions about the Mini-DAC FW availability from them, so maybe that's to be expected from Apogee. I'm quite unimpressed by their customer service at this point.
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post #6 of 36
10/17/07 at 10:31pm
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Just got the Duet and hooked it up to my MacBook. Plugged in the RS-1's and I am in Heaven. I strongly recommend this product to all Mac users.
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post #7 of 36
10/17/07 at 10:38pm
I just wish it has balanced output. That would be perfect.
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post #8 of 36
10/18/07 at 3:11pm
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Originally Posted by raelamb View Post
Just got the Duet and hooked it up to my MacBook. Plugged in the RS-1's and I am in Heaven. I strongly recommend this product to all Mac users.
How is the headphone amp in it? Does it have much power?
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post #9 of 36
10/18/07 at 5:59pm
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Plenty of power out of the headphone and I like it loud. Prior to discovering Head-Fi my un-aided Ipod and Sony MDR-V6 headphones were always on full volume. My RS-1's sound wonderful out of the Duet headphone jack but what's really blowing me away is what the Duet has done for my speakers. I can't believe the change in sound!
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post #10 of 36
10/18/07 at 7:16pm
Is the Duet on par with top portables like your Ray Samuels as a headphone amp? How about compared to a good desktop amp? I'm getting one to use for portable mixing/engineering, but want to know if the headphone amp is good enough to compete with dedicated units.
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post #11 of 36
10/18/07 at 11:57pm
Anyone here about USB compatabu=ility in the future. I use Mac but I kind of would like to know that it could handel USB too.
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post #12 of 36
10/19/07 at 12:36am
apogee likes firewire. they seem to have abandoned the USB concept (mini dac, for example).
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post #13 of 36
10/19/07 at 1:08am
This may sound stupid but is there a chance Apple abandons Firewire? I know a lot of people Apple users got pissed when the next generation of Ipods came out and could only be used with USB. In that case it made sense due to the PC users.
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post #14 of 36
10/19/07 at 1:11am
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Originally Posted by raelamb View Post
Just got the Duet and hooked it up to my MacBook. Plugged in the RS-1's and I am in Heaven. I strongly recommend this product to all Mac users.
How do you find it works with Itunes? Is it buggy at all? I am finding the Apogee may be a much better choice for me then the new headroom stand alone micro DACS!
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post #15 of 36
10/20/07 at 12:37am
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It works seemlessly with my itunes, all files ripped in Apple lossless. Haven't AB'd the headphone out yet with my Tomahawk cause I'm too blown away by what it's doing to my NHT's! Will report back soon.
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