Hi,

I just stumbled upon not well-known new product: the Phonic FireFly 808. It is a Pre-amp and 192kHz FireWire Interface.

Features include:
Key Features:
* FireWire (IEEE 1394) audio interface
* 24-bit resolution, up to 192 kHz sampling rate
* 18 simultaneous inputs and outputs FireWire audio interface
* 8 microphone preamps w/ trim control and individual phantom power switches
* 8 analog line Inputs including 2 Instrument Inputs
* 8 channels of optical ADAT I/O (4 ch. via 96k dual SMUX)
* S/PDIF I/O, AES/EBU I/O, MIDI I/O and word clock I/O
* Headphone output and Main output with volume control for monitoring purpose
* Channel meters on channel 1 to 8 for input or output
* Synchronization, sampling rate, digit I/O and MIDI in/out indicators
* Dual FireWire ports for daisy chaining and direct connection to Mac or PC
* Stand-alone mixer functionality for field and studio use without computer
* Instrument input, pad switch, balanced TRS send jacks on Inputs 1 and 2
* Compatible with Windows XP and Mac OSX
* Steinberg Cubase LE DAW software included


It is sold at $399! Anyone would have any feedback?

product page is: http://www.phonic.com/en/product/detail.php?group_name=...=en&product;_no=FW88R

My only experience with Phonic is a small mixer with a USB out. It's not that bad, even though people blow the brand off. Seems like the Firefly could be a useful tool for the money, depending on your expectations.

I own those interfaces.

I can say that they are fantastic! Digital converter is good - neutral. Chips used in it is as usual MX - the same as in motu etc.
Preamps are good, but would like better ones. So Practically if you are on budget, or you want to start with all in one devices - this is for you. Later if you will get mixer you can use line inserts and bypass preamps, but if you all ready have mixer look at Motu 24 i/o. I like that this phonic 808 has INDIVIDUAL Phantom 48, and that means that you can use also ribbon mics, with out any problems regarding V48 big voltage.
It has ADAT so you can add up to 8 lines more so on one device you can get 8 X XLR/TRS + 1 X ADAT(or more 8 channels) + Midi...
Good device....