I bought a Saffire Liquid 56. Second hand, 4 years old.
$ 350. Guess what.
It is true perfection and amazing!
The support for Multi Platform is perfect!
Mac OS X 10.9.2 works like a charm.
Firmware updates up till today and beyond.
Manuals, perfect, all downloadable for free.
Support desk perfect.
Check Check Check!
Focusrite is a really professional dedicated brand.
After a long search and becoming very frustrated by Tascam, but specially after having seen this documentary I fell for Focusrite, see this breath tacking documentary:
The price of the Focusrite Liquid 56 is incredible.
You get the complete Focusrite multitrack recorder and mixer, high-end.
In full mode the audio quality is unbelievable clean and the Liquid pre-amps... what can I say... True perfection. Find one second hand I would say. Or new, around $ 650.
http://global.focusrite.com/firewire-audio-interfaces/liquid-saffire-56
Today I worked with it in video-production voice-over.
What a sound! Together with the Behringer auto-fader DAW it has become the heart of production heaven. FireWire 400 works also with FireWire 800 and converter to Thunderbolt. I love it.
Farewell Tascam! Auf Wiedersehen! Ciao!
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