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Break Out Box (What a Great Idea for the Apogee Deut)



I am looking forward to trying one of these out for the mobile rig and see if this can be used live and recording on location. This looks like a fantastic product and it also looks like it is built like a tank. Click the title to see the companies web page. Hear is one of there descriptions.
BREAKOUT

duet:BREAKOUT is an upgrade for Apogees portable interface "The Duet". Providing durability with professional quality the duet break out box replaces the breakout cable that apogee provides. Transforming the duet into the road worthy interface it was meant to be. Whether you are trying to avoid a "rats-nest of cableage", demand a greater distance between your duet and its I/O, require different connectors then the supplied break out cable or you are simply tired of replacing you breakout cable because it just cant stand you abuse. Whatever your reason we are sure you're going to "BREAKOUT".

Each Breakout is hand made and assembled ensuring a hassle free product. we are so confident in our work that we provide a lifetime gaurente. If anthing should happen to your BREAKOUT just send it back and if we cant fix it we will replace it.

Is it time for a SexChange?.......(for your duet,;-)

FEATURES:

Provides quality I/O for any duet without the mess of wires.
Durable road ready housing
High quality cable (Gepco)
No more tangled wires
No more ground buzz
OUR STORY

We purchased 2 duets and used them heavily for 3 months while we were on the road. We were absolutely blown away by their performace. Our only complaint was about the supplied breakout cable. It would become a tangled mess that had to be delt with every time we wanted to use the duet.

After about 3 months of on- the-road use we noticed a buzz when the duet was used with our MacBookpros. When we removed the charger from the labtop the buzz would go away. The first thing we did was to check the breakout cable. As it turned out the grounds in the breakout cable had broken. When we checked our second breakout cable we were surprised to find out that its grounds were broken as well.

We did a little research and found out a new breakout cable would cost us $25.

When we realized a replacement breakout cable is $25 and it only lasted us about 3 months we decided to build our own breakout. One that would last as long as the duet and wouldn't have to be untangled everytime you wanted to use it.

We designed a duet BREAKOUT box and took it on our next road trip. Everyone who had a duet and saw us using our custom breakout asked where they could get one. So we started making them for our friends. When we decided to offer our BREAKOUT box on a larger scale we had our boxes powdercoated and silkscreened with our new logo.

Now you can join us and make you music rig that much better.

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