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<blockquote data-quote="Uli Behringer" data-source="post: 80365" data-attributes="member: 1604"><p>Re: Uli Behringer of The Music Group Q&A</p><p></p><p>Dear Dan,</p><p></p><p>thank you for your question and please allow me to answer.</p><p></p><p>The FCA FireWire/USB Interface delivery has indeed been delayed for more than a year. Both FCA units use a highly complex FW/USB chip from a company called Archwave (a BridgeCo spinoff that designed the AirPlay technology) which also provides the firmware and the drivers. While the hardware has been ready for a long time, the delays are solely related to firmware and driver issues which are out of our hand. Unfortunately with every new release, much time goes into testing those units with all kinds of different computers and configurations.</p><p></p><p>We are working feverishly with Archwave to get those issues resolved and hope to finally ship in Q1 this year. On the positive side, we have used the opportunity to upgrade the mic preamps to a Midas design at no additional cost for the customer.</p><p></p><p>The ADA8200 has a different issue. </p><p></p><p>Over the past years, customers complained about synchronization issues with the predecessor ADA8000 in conjunction with Motu interfaces.</p><p>We have since launched a thorough analysis and discovered that the problems are related to the ADAT Alesis/Wavefront semiconductors that are used in the unit. All our efforts to get those problems resolved with Wavefront have unfortunately been unsuccessful and hence we recently decided to design our own semiconductors. The first prototypes should be available in April and we are confident that we will be able to ship the ADA8200 right after.</p><p></p><p>We apologize for the delays, but unfortunately there are unforeseeable issues that are out of our hand. However, we have learned from our past mistakes and won't release any product unless we are absolute sure it is properly tested and meets all specifications and expectations.</p><p></p><p>Warm regards</p><p></p><p>Uli</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Uli Behringer, post: 80365, member: 1604"] Re: Uli Behringer of The Music Group Q&A Dear Dan, thank you for your question and please allow me to answer. The FCA FireWire/USB Interface delivery has indeed been delayed for more than a year. Both FCA units use a highly complex FW/USB chip from a company called Archwave (a BridgeCo spinoff that designed the AirPlay technology) which also provides the firmware and the drivers. While the hardware has been ready for a long time, the delays are solely related to firmware and driver issues which are out of our hand. Unfortunately with every new release, much time goes into testing those units with all kinds of different computers and configurations. We are working feverishly with Archwave to get those issues resolved and hope to finally ship in Q1 this year. On the positive side, we have used the opportunity to upgrade the mic preamps to a Midas design at no additional cost for the customer. The ADA8200 has a different issue. Over the past years, customers complained about synchronization issues with the predecessor ADA8000 in conjunction with Motu interfaces. We have since launched a thorough analysis and discovered that the problems are related to the ADAT Alesis/Wavefront semiconductors that are used in the unit. All our efforts to get those problems resolved with Wavefront have unfortunately been unsuccessful and hence we recently decided to design our own semiconductors. The first prototypes should be available in April and we are confident that we will be able to ship the ADA8200 right after. We apologize for the delays, but unfortunately there are unforeseeable issues that are out of our hand. However, we have learned from our past mistakes and won't release any product unless we are absolute sure it is properly tested and meets all specifications and expectations. Warm regards Uli [/QUOTE]
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