[Arny Krueger]

"Eeyore" wrote in
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Are you at all familiar with Focusrite's Saffire (LE) ?
http://www.focusrite.com/product/saffire_le/

No.

A friend of mine's been offered one at an attractive
price and he's curious to know if he can use any of those
test tools with it. What's the one you like again btw ?

Most if not all Windows test and measurement software is based on WDM
drivers.

http://www.focusrite.com/media/saffi...ire_LE_GSG.pdf

says that they provide both ASIO and WDM drivers, which is good. It is not
uncommon for hardware that is provided with both WDM and ASIO drivers to
have less function in WDM mode. How this will effect operation at 24/96
(pretty much required for use as test equipment) and 24/192 (nice to have)
is not clear from the documentation.

Performance-wise this is not 100 dB plus dynamic range hardware, at least as
specified. Of course it may perform better.

Compare it to a M-Audio Audiophile 24/96 as line-level test equipment.