Hey ,

Thanks Mate, definitely a few cats amongst the pigeons there, and I'm sure a few more as this progresses.

What I am sharing publicly is my own internal data base as I qualify every interface that comes across my bench so that I know exactly where the bodies are buried for the respective clients systems. With some of the huge variables I was navigating with some of the Dice based FW interfaces and the lack of clarity from the manufacturers and so called product reviews, I thought it was time to get some focus on the LLP aspect and to maintain the focus so that end users know exactly what to expect when weighing up options for their particular working environments.

I am sure some of the manufacturers are less than impressed this is being aired, but you know what , they can find my contact details easy enough if they want to discuss it... :-)

Re the UFX testing, I will have access to a unit in the next few weeks so I'll run thru the suite across both the FW and USB2 aspects and post the results.

The performance of the UFX under USB2 I expect to be identical to the Babyface as they share the same under bonnet genealogy , however the FW aspect of the UFX has nothing in common to the earlier FW400/800 units as they had a dedicated FW controller ( TI ) that RME custom implemented , whereas on the UFX , all protocol arbitration is handled via the FPGA. I am not expecting it to be as tight , but am very interested in how the numbers pan out. The UFX IMO is specifically focused as a USB2 interface and it performs admirably under that protocol , I won't be overly surprised if the FW performance is actually below that of USB2.