Re: RME Fireface 400 and Guitar Hi-Z inputs

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

On 24 sep 2007, at 05.53, Krispen Hartung wrote:

> Can someone describe what is special about a Hi-Z input for guitars?

No. RME is not specifying exactly what they mean by "Hi-Z input"  
anywhere. I've had this discussion on several other fora. So you  
would have to actually measure the levels to find out.

> So what will a hi-z give me that will make any audible difference,  
> from the line input of the FW 400 adjusted to the correct level on  
> my guitar?

Don't know. I usually trust my ears and my taste for adjusting sound.  
I've found the FW400 to easily match any guitar input, I'v used both  
humbuckers and singel-coils with it. It's very important for the  
final guitar sound to adjust the pre amp level correctly and this is  
very easy with the software control interface of RME. There's a lot  
of headroom.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.boysen.se (Swedish)
www.looproom.com (international)