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Belkin FireWire 6-Port Hub (F5U526-APL) | List Price: $56.63
Discount Price: $31.00
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Brand: Belkin
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: Limited lifetime warranty
Features: - Data Transfer Rate - 100, 200, 400 Mbps
- Network Ports Qty - 6 Ports
- Compliant Standards - N/A
- System Requirements - N/A
- Connectivity Technology - N/A
works well [Posted on 2008-01-11]
I have been using two of these hubs on Macs for several months, with a pile of Firewire hard drives. They work well; I have had no problems.
Noisy for firewire audio interfaces [Posted on 2008-04-03]
The device works as advertised but is better suited for hard drives than audio interfaces. The audio never cut out, but the noise level probably increased 300-500%. Even without playback and the volume quite low there is an obvious hissing sound. It sounds almost exactly like playing an audio tape. There were no other devices on the hub except a Presonus Firebox. I tried several ports and several cables to no avail.
I'm giving it 3/5 stars because I had intended to use it for Firewire audio + Firewire hard drive with my Mac mini. But I'm sure it's great with firewire drives.
Best of the bunch [Posted on 2008-05-02]
My iMac only had one firewire port and, since I'm running a hard drive with it, I needed another port for use importing videos and stills through my firewire card reader. This does the trick nicely.
underpowered [Posted on 2008-05-30]
While it basically functions as it should, the hub seems to be slightly underpowered. I have just three devices plugged into it (two self-powered hard drives, and a Digi Mbox2Pro bus-powered audio interface), and it doesn't always recognize both drives. Also, sometime when I eject & turn off one of the drives, the audio interface disappears as well. As long as I don't change anything (i.e. turn off any drives), it works well.
Belkin FireWire 6-port Hub [Posted on 2008-07-06]
The Belkin Hub was just what I needed. My MacBook Pro just didn't have enough fire wire ports. The Belkin was VERY easy to set up and I have had NO problems with it.
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