Topic: Advice please for FW extension/repeater cable with Lucent chip

I recently bought a FF400 to be used with Logic on my imac, but it doesn't work.  Some weeks later I have been told that i need a different firewire cable to run with my model mac.  Would have been handy to know this a month ago when i bought the item.

What are the best cables/brands to look for?

Is there any other problems I could encounter, like latency or reduced signal quality?

I have no need for an external hard drive and certainly don't want to drag one along for live performances so the cable is the only option for me.

Any advice will be gladly received.

Re: Advice please for FW extension/repeater cable with Lucent chip

Miles wrote:

What are the best cables/brands to look for?

The FF 400 does not require specific brands of FW cables.

Maybe the advice you are referring to mentioned the Lindy repeater cable, which is not a regular FW cable?


Regards
Daniel Fuchs
RME

Regards
Daniel Fuchs
RME

Re: Advice please for FW extension/repeater cable with Lucent chip

So does any firewire repeater cable work?

Re: Advice please for FW extension/repeater cable with Lucent chip

I haven't heard of any others...


Regards
Daniel Fuchs
RME

Regards
Daniel Fuchs
RME

5 (edited by Miles 2010-01-27 01:26:23)

Re: Advice please for FW extension/repeater cable with Lucent chip

I have found others here: http://shop.ebay.com.au/i.html?LH_Avail … ater+cable

Just wondering if anyone has had success with any of these?

Re: Advice please for FW extension/repeater cable with Lucent chip

Looks exactly the same as the Lindy cable and probably is the same.

7 (edited by Miles 2010-01-28 00:59:50)

Re: Advice please for FW extension/repeater cable with Lucent chip

Thanks, also wondering if anyone has tried 800>400 FW cable and if it solves the problem?  Would be nice to use it as an option as these cables come in shorter lengths.  I don't really need a 5m cable to get from the computer to the interface, infact a long cable just makes things messy.

Re: Advice please for FW extension/repeater cable with Lucent chip

Got the recommended Lindy extension cable and works fine.  Thanks to the folks who recommended it. 
Also tried a FW800>400 cable.  Logic recognises that the interface is connected, but monitoring only bleeds through in short staggered intervals.