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Re: USB vs. FireWire
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Re: USB vs. FireWire


  • Subject: Re: USB vs. FireWire
  • From: Markus Medau <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 03:20:49 +0200

Hi Jeff,

> When comparing USB 1.1 and FireWire, FireWire is the clear winner.
> There really isn't any comparison presuming price isn't a factor (USB
> is definitely cheaper). The biggest factors that make FireWire better
> are the higher throughput

That's right, but on USB2.0 it's 400Mbit against 480 Mbit.

>and the much more stable and higher resolution timing.

We do USB2 Audio based on so called subframes (every 125µs). Works fine,
even on Mac OS X. I hope Apple continues to work on general stability. ;-)

http://www.usb-audio.com

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