IMac firewire Apopgee Ensemble and Glyph hardrive question

Howdy! I have a brand new iMac 2.93 Question about firewire and a Apogee Ensemble and a Glyph GT050 hardrive. Neither of these came with the proper firewire cable for the iMac. Can someone tell me what kind of firewire cable I need to hook this up? Can I daisy chain the Glyph into the Ensemble? I'd rather not use USB for the Glyph. I've tried in vein to find the answer. Thank you in advance!!!

You just need an adapter like this one. You don't need a hub.
Then, as Jorge said, you can daisy chain your Ensemble and your HD using a standard FW 400 cable. After that, it's just the order to experiment with: some interfaces like being first in the chain, some last, and most don't care. You'll find out very quickly if this is an issue with your system (probably not).

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Kalimullah Khan wrote:
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