If you are looking to buy one of the great audio interface boxes for the Macintosh, you may want to look at the Apogee Duet. The Duet is a quality sounding audio interface with a sleek modern design and comes with software specifically designed for the MacIntosh. With all its genius of design, the Achilles heel of the Duet appears to be the ‘The Dongle’ or in other words the way Apogee decided to provide connectivity to peripherals. Many people who love the quality of the Duet Apogee have been concerned about the cheesy looking Dongle and would like to replace that ‘dongle of strings’ with some other more substantial looking device. The Breakout Box for the Duet is now available to “take the tangle out of your Duet”.

The Duet Breakout Box is a welcome companion to the Apogee Duet and is built to the relative high standards. The device is basically in the form of a metal box which comes in either Black or Silver and the kit includes a 16 inch computer cable that connects the computer’s Audio to the outside world. The unit is simple to set up and works pretty much immediately with no flaws, as long as you take the time to hook it up properly in the first place. Notice the word ‘OUT’ on the top of the Box has been placed right where the INPUTS are located. As simple as it is to set up, better IN and OUT markings could clear up any potential confusion during the initial setup or when trouble-shooting.

Just one important note, before connecting or disconnecting the hardware to the MacIntosh, make sure to power down first. Make all the connections while the computer is OFF and then Boot Up your computer. Make sure the Apple Preferences are set up correctly for the Apogee Duet to be operating and you will be making beautiful music in no time at all. The Duet Breakout box for the Apogee Duet is available ‘on line’ directly from the manufacturer at a cost of: $95.00 plus shipping. So put your Apogee Duet ‘Dongle’ away for safe keeping and connect up audio peripherals with the Duet Breakout Box.

Visit: http://www.duetbreakout.com/
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