Tripplite F017-006 6ft Hi-speed Firewire Ieee Cable-800mbps With Gold Plated Connectors 9pin/6pin M/m 6' - Ieee 1394 Cable - Firewire 800 (m) To 6 Pin Firewire available on March 02 2018 from PCMall for 12.99
Tripp Lite F017-006 IEEE 1394b Firewire 800 Gold Hi-speed Cable, 9pin/6pin - 6ft available on February 01 2015 from Amazon for $2.40
UPC bar code 037332124609 ξ3 registered March 02 2018
UPC bar code 037332124609 ξ2 registered February 01 2015
UPC bar code 037332124609 ξ1 registered September 17 2014
Bilingual FireWire 800 Gold High-Speed Cable (9-Pin/6-Pin M/M)?6 ft. * Supports data transfer rates of up to 800 Mbps. * Premium triple shielding and gold-plated connectors for error-free signal transfer * Compatible with PC, Mac, Apple FireWire, SUN, Sony iLink and all IEEE-1394b peripherals * Lifetime warranty
I purchased this because the Macbook Pro (2008 Edition) does not have a firewire 400 port but it does have a FW800 port. Since I have a few devices, including my Presonus Firepod audio interface, that require a FW400 connection Tripp Lite's converter cable was perfect. I haven't had any problems with it and it's more flexible than the single-piece converters that I've seen.
Apple decided to remove firewire 400 from all of their current generation laptops and add only firewire 800. There are still a lot of devices on firewire 400 and thus you have 3 choices.1. Buy this cable.2. Buy an adapter.3. Buy all new hardware. :-)I chose 1 - simply because it is easier for me to have a cable that converts 400-800 rather then using an old 400 cable with a dongle adapter. In my experience dongle adapters usually get worn and due to their size end to stick out of ports and break with ..
It's hard to imagine how a simple cable could suck, but this has it nailed. Both the 800 and the 400 ends of the cable fit very loosely, so the slightest movement causes the connection to be temporarily broken. For most firewire devices, this means that the device will lose synch, interrupt whatever you were trying to do, and spend a painfully long time trying to re synch with the computer. It doesn't help that the cable is as stiff as a coat hanger, so the slightest movement will move the connectors. If an..
