[LAU] M-Audio ProFire 2626

[Rick Green]

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Mark Knecht wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Rick Green <rtg at aapsc.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > On 26 March 2008 at 11:59, "Mark Knecht" <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Any chance that this new hardware has the right BridgeCo chips in it
>> >> to allow it to work under Linux?
>> >>
>> >> http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/ProFire2626-main.html
>> >>
>> >> Looks like a nice competitor for the RME device. Any chance of *ever*
>> >> turning on the internal DSP? Might require a fork of hdspmixer to take
>> >> full advantage of the feature set...
>> >
>> > That does look like a SWEET unit!
>> >
>>  Looks to me like a klone of the Focusrite saffire 26 pro, and Focusrite
>>  has supported the ffado project with documentation and hardware, so that's
>>  where my money would go...
>>
>>  --
>>  Rick Green
>
> Yeah, but that's a political statement. I just like that there might
> be alternatives which probably helps in reducing prices through
> competition. It doesn't really matter if this one works in Linux or
> not. If there's competition then the overall cost of all the units
> usually comes down and we all benefit no matter which one you buy.
>
> Just my two stinking capitalist cents,
> Mark
>
I'm all for robust competition in the marketplace as well.  It tends to 
reduce end-user prices, as well as foster innovative advances in the 
technology.  I've no problem with capitalist ideology, in its pure form. 
The classical definition of a free market is one where buyers and sellers 
alike have equal, full access to knowledge and information about the 
commodities they are trading.
   Morally, it comes back to 'the golden rule', or as my father taught me: 
"Don't ever accept a deal that you wouldn't just as willingly accept the 
other side of."

-- 
Rick Green

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
                                   -Benjamin Franklin