To those with APOGEE DUET. Why not use S/PDIF?

I am interested in the best quality recording. My mac pro has S/PDIF which I thought would be ok to use. Is the Apogee Duet better? And why? Or is the S/PDIF as good?
I always thought people got the apogee, because they didn't have any good audio connection like s/pdif

Perplex1 wrote:
I have a korg m3 in which i want to record to my computer. Currently i have the korg's spdif out to my macpro's spdif in. I want to know if it would be better quality to record with an apogee duet.
If you're only going to record the Korg, then s/pdif should be fine.
However, if you want to record anything without a digital output (voice, guitars, sleigh bells...etc) you would need to have a front end mixer with digital output otehrwise you would end up using the Mac's analog in which is cr@ppy by any standard. Here is where the Duet comes in, the Mic preamps on the Duet are high end, to purchase a Mixer with a set of mic preamps as good as the Duet's would set you back far more than the cost of the duet, plus the Duet has high impedance inputs for guitar/bass.
Audio interfaces, including the Duet have their purpose, otherwise 90% of the people in this forum wouldn't laying out money for them.
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