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Post by drumrec on Dec 16, 2015 7:05:37 GMT -6
Sitting here and thinking of buying a Christmas gift for myself, UA Apollo 16 blackface. It's a nice deal with that you get TB Satelite quad. I sit on the first gen Apollo quad (silverface). Is there anyone here in the forum is gone from first generation Apollo (silverface) to the Apollo 16 blackface. I intend to keep Apollo silverface beside Apollo 16 BF.
Is it a major step in sound quality !?
KR
/H
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Post by kcatthedog on Dec 16, 2015 7:59:17 GMT -6
Hey,
there are people on the ua forum whoh have stepped up and they say without questin there is big improvment. Preferring it to his Hylo
I found the new Bf is a step up from my bla modded SF and the new 16 bf has top of the line DA converters as well, so shoudl be another step up.
You will have doubled your on board dsp as well, nice for tracking with ua plugs and for mixing, plus a quad satalite, if you keep it but you will get a tbolt quad satalite which has 64 samples vs 512 with a fw satalite.
Also, you will get at least a $100 coupon, a free helios plug and a custom registration bundle offer at registration, so you could save a lot on plugs.
or if you sell the satalite you wil reduce your purchase netprice by about 1/3rd.
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Post by drumrec on Dec 16, 2015 9:31:21 GMT -6
Hey, there are people on the ua forum whoh have stepped up and they say without questin there is big improvment. Preferring it to his Hylo I found the new Bf is a step up from my bla modded SF and the new 16 bf has top of the line DA converters as well, so shoudl be another step up. You will have doubled your on board dsp as well, nice for tracking with ua plugs and for mixing, plus a quad satalite, if you keep it but you will get a tbolt quad satalite which has 64 samples vs 512 with a fw satalite. Also, you will get at least a $100 coupon, a free helios plug and a custom registration bundle offer at registration, so you could save a lot on plugs. or if you sell the satalite you wil reduce your purchase netprice by about 1/3rd. Then it is not so much to think about ... here I come Apollo 16 BF  Interesting info about the large difference in firewire and TB 512 vs. 64 sample. Then I will probably sell my Satellite FW Thanks 4 the heads up Kcatthedog |
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Post by Guitar on Dec 16, 2015 9:36:22 GMT -6
I'm certainly lusting after one. Be sure to post some drum recordings if you get it!
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Post by kcatthedog on Dec 16, 2015 9:37:41 GMT -6
yes go for it, especially as you have all that great OB gear and yes keep the tbolt sat as you can run up to 6 uad devices on tbolt, remember you can run the fw sat at the end of the chain though ar as we previously discussed with tbolt to fw converter btw my amphion left helsiki yesterday went to Vantaa, then Malmo Sturup ((sweden), Koeln, Germany and I guess to Cdn tonight: they are more well travelled than I am |
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Post by ragan on Dec 16, 2015 10:58:38 GMT -6
Sitting here and thinking of buying a Christmas gift for myself, UA Apollo 16 blackface. It's a nice deal with that you get TB Satelite quad. I sit on the first gen Apollo quad (silverface). Is there anyone here in the forum is gone from first generation Apollo (silverface) to the Apollo 16 blackface. I intend to keep Apollo silverface beside Apollo 16 BF. Is it a major step in sound quality !? KR /H I just switched from SF to BF Apollo 8 and I did pretty extensive testing before deciding to keep the BF. It's a significant step up sonically. I say go for it. Especially with the free TB Quad deal (which I got too). I'm very impressed with the BF. |
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Post by kcatthedog on Dec 16, 2015 11:22:05 GMT -6
and the 16 has better DA than the 8 BF !
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Post by ragan on Dec 16, 2015 11:25:02 GMT -6
and the 16 has better DA than the 8 BF ! Right. Or at least, as Cat 5 says "different" DA. It (Apollo 16's) is certainly gonna be great. |
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Post by warrenfirehouse on Dec 16, 2015 11:42:32 GMT -6
Another happy Apollo 8 BF owner here. I use it with a BLA sparrow ad for my main stereo overdub/2bus capture. Love the combo, I no longer think about conversion.
(Although that Burl B2 is intriguing)
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Post by kcatthedog on Dec 16, 2015 11:54:19 GMT -6
and the 16 has better DA than the 8 BF ! Right. Or at least, as Cat 5 says "different" DA. It (Apollo 16's) is certainly gonna be great. I'll never argue gear with Cast5 but if you go to the website the mnaufacturer certainly claims that the DA used on the 16 is best. Anectdotal but there is the one poster at ua forum who is comparing the new 8 and 16 bf as he has both and he is very clear about the apparent improvement. I think our friend drumrec would be very happy with a new bf 16 and, if not, he can sell it to one us cheap; right ? |
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Post by ragan on Dec 16, 2015 13:58:49 GMT -6
Right. Or at least, as Cat 5 says "different" DA. It (Apollo 16's) is certainly gonna be great. I'll never argue gear with Cast5 but if you go to the website the mnaufacturer certainly claims that the DA used on the 16 is best. Anectdotal but there is the one poster at ua forum who is comparing the new 8 and 16 bf as he has both and he is very clear about the apparent improvement. I think our friend drumrec would be very happy with a new bf 16 and, if not, he can sell it to one us cheap; right ? Yeah yeah. It's definitely supposed to be an upgrade, and I have no doubt it is. And that's saying something because the Apollo 8 DA is good. Much better than SF. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Dec 16, 2015 15:18:43 GMT -6
Wonder how it compares to the ole Svartbox!
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Post by indiehouse on Dec 16, 2015 15:21:48 GMT -6
Any Motu love? I've got a BLA modded 16A that I'm about to dig into (coming off of a silverface Apollo).
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Post by kcatthedog on Dec 16, 2015 15:56:23 GMT -6
^^this^^ Should be sweet too but OP is already an apollo man ! A shoot out svart box and apollo 16 would be great: can you guys hook up in iceland: that is about midway ? |
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