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> Jeff ive also been checking out the Apogee duet. > what are your thoughts on that one? I thought it was overpriced and inflexible and I hated the breakout cable. What you're paying for is the legendary Apogee quality. Their analog/digital converters are very well regarded in pro studios and I assume the mic preamps are also very good. But it's just a 2 in 2 out audio interface, is it really worth $400 more than something like this? http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/ART-USB-Dual-Pre?sku=703092 If you're interested in high quality studio recording the answer may be yes, but for live use I doubt anyone could tell the difference. It seems well suited for someone that already has a mixer and just wants to get the stereo mix into the computer. I wanted to have the mixer and audio interface combined into one device. That's what I like so much about the Ultralite and RME, they're basically little digital mixers that also happen to be computer audio interfaces. They also have a MIDI port for the FCB1010, if you went with Apogee then you'd have to drag along another USB MIDI interface. I love the way the Duet looks but the breakout cable just ruins it. What a mess. If you have it sitting next to a laptop on a table then the wires are going to dangle off the edge of the table and you're instrument connections will be hanging in the air. Step on a cable the right way and you get a disconnect. You would have to scoop all this crap up and duct tape it to the table to provide stress relief for the connections. I'm sure it sounds outstanding but the design just looks silly for live use. Jeff