Zed 14 vs Mackie 1402VLZ3

by **admin** on Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:17 am

What do you think? Who wins this one?

Check out the features and vote:

http://www.zzounds.com/a--3745/item--MA ... /sid--poll

http://www.zzounds.com/a--3745/item--AA ... --showroom

by **Beau** on Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:19 am

I can't vote yet. I'm a little perplexxed.

When was the A&H introduced?

It is USB 1.1 compliant. I never record more than 1 track at a time, so I'd be ok.

But why didn't they go ahead and make it full-fledged 2.0? Will this be a hindrance for some people??? (I guess you could just ignore using USB if you were working with others and do it the old-fashioned analog way ...)

I pretty much like them both.

--Beau

by **jamesl8** on Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:29 pm

For those who voted for the Zed, is there a noticeable difference in overall sound quality?

by **jaykayess** on Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:43 am

Beau wrote:It is USB 1.1 compliant. I never record more than 1 track at a time, so I'd be ok.

But why didn't they go ahead and make it full-fledged 2.0? Will this be a hindrance for some people???

USB 2.0 provides sufficient bandwidth to capture multiple tracks simultaneously, so it may not be of much value to you. But I don't see it being a hindrance to anyone... except the extra money you end up paying for it when you don't need it.

by **Big Tim** on Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:56 am

jaykayess wrote:
Beau wrote:It is USB 1.1 compliant. I never record more than 1 track at a time, so I'd be ok.

But why didn't they go ahead and make it full-fledged 2.0? Will this be a hindrance for some people???
USB 2.0 provides sufficient bandwidth to capture multiple tracks simultaneously, so it may not be of much value to you. But I don't see it being a hindrance to anyone... except the extra money you end up paying for it when you don't need it.

Also, most desks with a USb port on them have two aims - for a starter home recordist who just needs one or two tracks max, or for capturing a live-off-the-desk stereo mix, in which case you don't need more than 2 tracks.