Apogee Electronics has announced that it is moving toward a new paradigm of digital audio interconnection based upon Thunderbolt.
Betty Bennett, CEO and co-founder of Apogee identifies the groundbreaking technology as “an innovative new standard of connectivity without compromise.”
Director of marketing Sean McArthur further explains, “Simply stated, Intel’s Thunderbolt technology on the Mac marks the end of difficult choices and the beginning of unlimited performance. In the near future, Thunderbolt will take the confusion out of choosing a professional connectivity standard for audio production.
“Too often we have seen our customers frustrated by the options: Should I go with USB 3, FireWire 800, PCI cards and when is that LightPeak thing coming? Now we know, as manufacturers and customers, where we are headed.”
Apogee R&D designed architecture perfectly suited to embrace Thunderbolt. Symphony I/O’s modular, user definable system was the first step. AD/DA conversion modules (our primary technology) were designed to be independent of the Symphony I/O Chassis. This allows Apogee to address interfacing from the Chassis level without impacting I/O module implementation.
Apogee will be releasing further information about this development in the near future.