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Superpiano
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Yes I saw those devices. And, as you said, they are not cheap! Also, the only device that I could consider is an 8x8 "router" but it is maybe too big for me and no firewire in it (compared to TC Electronic). Not sure that actual market offers real alternatives to TC Electronic.... bad luck.
Wait... why do you need FireWire for anything? I thought we were just looking for multichannel s/pdif to aes3... if I needed to do that, I wouldn’t want any additional features! The ability to matrix route like the zsys is fine because it is just like adding an aes patchbay in front of the conversion, but anything more seems like you are starting to describe an actual audio interface that routes sound in and out of a computer. Otherwise, why have FireWire or any other computer interface that can be deprecated at any time when you don’t need it?!
-B
P.S. the zsys market in eBay is indeed crazy! I’m almost inclined to buy even though it would be a minimal benefit just because they are so cheap!!!