The Third Coming

Digidesign recently unveiled new and impoved 003 and 003 rack firewire interfaces as a step up from the 002 and 002 rack. Yet, reviewers and industry professionals are having a hard trouble finding any major increases in their performance or uses. There is now BNc word clock connections (which is an ancient technology) for syncing with video or ADAT devices. The 003 also has a useful built in scroll wheel for moving through tracks and advanced aux ins and outs right on the control surface. Additionally there is now an extra headphone jack for two headphone sends, and a safety lock bulit in to lock the unit somewhere. Besides, that and the new silver colol scheme, it's really the same engine inside. I'd wait until something better comes a long, like a cheap HD 3 card on eBay...