USB or FireWire?
If you like the convenience of a USB audio interface, you might also consider FireWire devices. How do you choose between FireWire or USB? USB devices usually cost less than FireWire, but the trade-off is you may get poorer performance because of the differences in the two protocols.
All FireWire interfaces have special controller chips, so they do not add any extra load to your computer’s CPU. FireWire is a peer protocol, which means FireWire devices negotiate bus conflicts without using host CPU cycles. FireWire gives you two operating modes to choose from: asynchronous or isynchronous. Isynchronous mode means a device can reserve a certain portion of bandwidth all for itself that no other devices can use. So there are no collisions, ...
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