From Apogee Digital

The best sounding Apogee converters and mic preamps ever

 ♦ The culmination of 25 years of Apogee's design excellence and experience

 ♦ Next generation converter quality

 ♦ Refined and updated circuitry with fewer, more advanced components:

  • Fewer components means a shorter audio path and more recording clarity and transparency
  • Lower converter latency
  • More efficient power distribution
  • Big Ben built-in with enhanced C777 clocking performance

 ♦ Optional mic preamp module

  • 8 Mic Preamps
  • 4 Hi-Z instrument inputs
  • 8 digitally assignable inserts
  • 85 dB of gain

 ♦ Front panel control of headphone and output levels, and mic preamp gain (mic preamps optional)

 

Symphony I/O builds upon the award-winning design approaches of Apogee’s X-Series* and Rosetta Series converters*, the Big Ben master clock and the Trak2 mic preamps. It also refines and updates these proven designs with fewer but more advanced components while optimizing their performance with efficient power distribution. These enhancements allow audio to travel through less circuitry, offering lower converter latency, more accurate clocking and even more transparency and clarity in your recordings.

 

Apogee's engineers do not merely rely on specs and data sheets when selecting converter components, they listen. Each component is auditioned and carefully selected to best reflect the characteristics of the Apogee sound. Symphony I/O’s audio path design is elegant and efficient, incorporating the most advanced opamps that offer better performance than multiple parts used in previous designs.

 

This design improvement minimizes the audio path circuitry and maximizes sound quality. And in the tradition of the X-Series and Rosetta series, the entire audio path is DC coupled, resulting in ultra flat frequency response and extremely low phase error.

 

INPUTS

  • Analog IN: 16 balanced inputs on 2 DSUB 25-pin connectors
  • CoaxIN:S/PDIF on 1 RCA connector

OUTPUTS

  • Analog OUT: 16 balanced outputs on 2 DSUB 25-pin connectors

  • Coax OUT: Supports SPDIF on 1 RCA connector

  • Connection:

    • Thunderbolt cable (Sold separately)

    Performance:

    • 44.1kHz – 192kHz

    • Latency: 1.35 ms with Logic Pro X (96 kHz / 32 buffer)

    Computer:

    • Thunderbolt-enabled Mac computer, including Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, Mac mini, iMac & MacBook Air

    • Operating System: Mac OS 10.9.5 or greater

    Control:

    • Maestro app (included in software installer) and front panel touchscreen

    Compatible Software:

    • Logic Pro X

    • Any Core Audio application on Mac

Warranty

This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.

Returns

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