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Behringer F-Control FCA202 Firewire Audio Interface

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:: 7.8 out of 10
Quality:: 8.8 out of 10
The Wow Factor:: 6.7 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 6.7 out of 10

Features:: 5.3 out of 10
Value:: 7.6 out of 10
Sound:: 8.8 out of 10
Manufacturer Support:: 6.7 out of 10

User Reviews for Behringer FCA202 F-Control Audio FireWire Interface

Overall:: 9 out of 10
Features:: 8 out of 10
Quality:: 9 out of 10
Value:: 10 out of 10
The Wow Factor:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 9 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 9 out of 10

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By a customer from gmail.com

Submitted: 6/9/2006

Style of Music: Free style jamming, dance.

Experience: Hobbyist. Recording and producing with friends.

"Well worth it. Solid construction. Good price."

This reviewer purchased this item from Same Day Music.

Sound:

It doesn't offer any kind of sound shaping features other than A/D and D/A conversion. That said, it sounds great through both headphones and monitors.

Feature:

This does everything I need. I have a small Behringer mixing board (UB1202) which has basic mic pre-amp, etc, so in combination with that, this interface does everything I need. If you are looking for built in pre-amp, midi, or digital I/O you will need to look elsewhere and pay more money. It does have a firewire passthru which would facilitate strapping on an extra peripheral. The software control panel is simple and unencumbered by additional stuff that you don't need. It lets you select your sampling frequency, and your latency, and thats it. This unit has both ASIO and regular drivers (I'm using PC). Comes with two firewire cables (for big and small), and an A/C wall wart adapter.

Ease of Use:

Very easy to install and use. Just install the software, and plug it in. The only reason I give it a 9 is that I believe that their "block diagram" on the ASIO control panel is mislabeled (it has 4 INPUTS instead of 2 INs and 2 OUTs, and it made me mistakenly think that the headphones were monitoring the input and not the output as it in fact does).

Quality:

This thing is solid. It has that heavy feeling that makes you think "rugged". Very attractive metal body with a white front plate, and the obligatory blue LED (I think people are going to start getting tired of blue LED's soon). The only moving part on this unit is the headphone pot on the front. When I first twisted it, I felt a little scraping, but after that it was smooth. Not sure if it was just because it was the first time.

Manufacturer Support:

Never had to call them for any of their products.

Value:

For this price, you can't pass it up.

The Wow Factor:

If you have firewire on a laptop, and you are tired of dealing with crappy laptop sound system, this is a necessity. Make sure you have a pre-amp for your mic though.

Overall:

As long as I have a laptop with firewire, I'd keep it. If I got one with only USB I might try their other comparable USB unit.

Overall:: 10 out of 10
Features:: 5 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 10 out of 10
The Wow Factor:: 10 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10
Manufacturer Support:: 10 out of 10

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By a customer from att.net

Submitted: 12/15/2005

Style of Music: blues

Experience: hoffyist

"its firewire, its $80..buy it."

This reviewer purchased this item from Same Day Music.

Sound:

I was looking to upgrade the sound quality of my Dell laptop and for $80 this seemed a bargain for a firewire audio interface. The sound quality of this unit is outstanding for the price and I doubt that anyone would be disappointed. At audiophile standards there is a lack of depth and some graininess in the upper-mid, however this is compared to my $1500 DVP-S9000ES reference player.

Feature:

Almost no features. Line-In and line-out plus a front headphone socket with volume control. It is exactly what it it.. a firewire interface and no bells or whistles. Sadly, the unit has no volume control on the line-out so powered monitors with volume control are a must...

Quality:

Solid. Metal case. Well packed and oozing quality. Dont be fooled by the photo in the catalog, it is small... the size of a small paperback book.

Manufacturer Support:

10 is assumed. Can't comment. it works.

Value:

its only $80. External sound cards are mostly this price (and up) for USB. If it had a volume control and a mute button it would be THE killer audio interface for high quality PC sound.

The Wow Factor:

a jaguar it aint..but it looks good on the desk.

Overall:

This is a price breakthrough for firewire interfaces. I found zero reviews online but i purchased it anyway. Just but it.

Overall:: 6 out of 10
Features:: 5 out of 10
Quality:: 10 out of 10
Value:: 5 out of 10
The Wow Factor:: 1 out of 10
Sound:: 10 out of 10
Ease of Use:: 3 out of 10
Manufacturer Support:: 3 out of 10

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Submitted: 7/23/2011

"Does NOT work with 64bit os"

Sound:

clear, precise, a great sounding interface

Feature:

no frills whatsoever..but balanced in and out.. and that is what you need

Ease of Use:

very simple no problems...if you have a 32bit operating system

Quality:

built solid..all metal. small and clean

Manufacturer Support:

THIS WILL NOT WORK WITH 64bit OPERATING SYSTEMS

Value:

well..this is a "10" in value if you have 32bit, and a "0" if you have 64bit..

The Wow Factor:

just upgraded, to win7/64.. needless to say..am irritated.. this is a great interface..