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I'll be building a new computer in Q2 next year, I'm thinking about buying Quantum as well.
If its latency figures are as good as advertised it'll be a leap forward from my USB interface.

That said, TB on a PC is still a black art, anyone (ehem, Slick audio, I've seen that video, jeez) using it on a PC?

Is there a mention of a suggested MB/RAM/Graphics card combo for it anywhere?

Cheers,

Klemen
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by jpettit on Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:02 am
I do.
What is your Motherboard and it is got TB capability?

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by gaetzsch on Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:23 am
I'm using a Gigabyte GA-Z170 Gaming Mobo. It has a Thunderbolt 3 port on board, so I had to buy an Thunderbolt 2 adapter. I tried these ones:
Apple 2663283 Thunderbolt-Adapter => no
STARTECH TBT3TBTADAP Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt Adapter => yes
AKiTiO T3T, Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt (2) => yes

In my case the Apple adapter didn't work. I bought the AKiTiO T3T because of the lower price.

Graficcard EVGA 04G-P4-3967-KR NVIDIA GTX960 SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+ 4 GB

All works fine.
Last edited by gaetzsch on Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:30 am, edited 1 time in total.

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by jpettit on Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:28 am
Yes it is documented in the Knowledge nase and I would have told you, the Apple one did not work for me.
I used Startech and it works great.

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by lucacannavacciuolo on Fri Feb 23, 2018 2:52 pm
Hi !!
Got one (Quantum) yesterday and...WOW!!
It's working great with my Asus x99 and Thunderboltex 3.
Less than 2 ms rt 96 Khz :D
I'm glad I joined this Family :thumbup:

PS I really did nothing special in the bios:enableb TB and set the pcie port. ;)

Win10 - i9 10940x @ 4,2 GHz - Asus Prime x299 A-II- Asus GTX1080 - 32GB DDR4 @ 2800 Mhz - Asus Thunderboltex 3 - 2 x Quantum - 2 x Yamaha SPX 2000 - Eventide Eclipse V4.01- DB166 XS - Yamaha DTX582 - Studio One Pro 4.5.2
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by jpettit on Fri Feb 23, 2018 4:52 pm
And bought a TB 3 to TB2 converter. Correct?

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by lucacannavacciuolo on Sat Feb 24, 2018 7:36 am
jpettit wroteAnd bought a TB 3 to TB2 converter. Correct?

Yep...I'm so happy I forgot to mention :roll:
I got this one
TBT3TBTADAP...
Assuming the interface works well with add on pice cards (IF they are TB 3) and Assuming "we" don't want to scare potential customers,, would be better to change the sentence "It will not work with add on cards" with "It will work with TB3 add on cards"??!! :+1 8-)

Win10 - i9 10940x @ 4,2 GHz - Asus Prime x299 A-II- Asus GTX1080 - 32GB DDR4 @ 2800 Mhz - Asus Thunderboltex 3 - 2 x Quantum - 2 x Yamaha SPX 2000 - Eventide Eclipse V4.01- DB166 XS - Yamaha DTX582 - Studio One Pro 4.5.2
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by BrufordRules on Sat Mar 03, 2018 10:40 am
gaetzsch wroteI'm using a Gigabyte GA-Z170 Gaming Mobo. It has a Thunderbolt 3 port on board, so I had to buy an Thunderbolt 2 adapter. I tried these ones:
Apple 2663283 Thunderbolt-Adapter => no
STARTECH TBT3TBTADAP Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt Adapter => yes
AKiTiO T3T, Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt (2) => yes

In my case the Apple adapter didn't work. I bought the AKiTiO T3T because of the lower price.

Graficcard EVGA 04G-P4-3967-KR NVIDIA GTX960 SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+ 4 GB

All works fine.


Hi gaetzsch,

Do you notice any different in performance when you use STARTECH TBT3TBTADAP or AKiTiO T3T? Do you get the same latency?

Thank you so much in advance.

Alex
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by gaetzsch on Sat Mar 03, 2018 11:12 am
BrufordRules wrote
gaetzsch wroteI'm using a Gigabyte GA-Z170 Gaming Mobo. It has a Thunderbolt 3 port on board, so I had to buy an Thunderbolt 2 adapter. I tried these ones:
Apple 2663283 Thunderbolt-Adapter => no
STARTECH TBT3TBTADAP Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt Adapter => yes
AKiTiO T3T, Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt (2) => yes

In my case the Apple adapter didn't work. I bought the AKiTiO T3T because of the lower price.

Graficcard EVGA 04G-P4-3967-KR NVIDIA GTX960 SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+ 4 GB

All works fine.


Hi gaetzsch,

Do you notice any different in performance when you use STARTECH TBT3TBTADAP or AKiTiO T3T? Do you get the same latency?

Thank you so much in advance.

Alex


Hi Alex,
I only tested both units without really comparing it. But I'm very satisfied with the latency of my AKiTiO T3T. I use my Quantum to record my guitars with Peavey Revalver 4 amp plugin on input insert while recording and all works fine.

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by BrufordRules on Sat Mar 03, 2018 11:17 am
Wow. Thank you so much for answering so fast ;)
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by webhamster on Sat May 26, 2018 2:08 am
Just installed the Quantum 2 on my Windows machine as well. Works great. Fantastic sound and latency.

I have an Asus motherboard (X299) and they have a thunderbolt card for it (thunderboltex 3). It does have a USBc connector, so I also bought an Apple USB-c to thunderbolt cable.

The confusing thing with Thunderbolt is that a lot of different formats use the same connector. Most USBc connectors that support Thunderbolt, only support Thunderbolt 3, which won't work with the Quantum, even with a convertor cable.

S1 6.5.1 - MacOs 13.6.2 MacBook 14" M1 max - interface: Quantum 2
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by Jim Roseberry on Fri Aug 17, 2018 8:16 am
Late to this thread, just started posting on these forums...

For those who may read this thread in the future:
The Asus Thunderbolt EX3 works just fine with the Apple Thunderbolt-3 >Thunderbolt-2 adapter.

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Jim Roseberry
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by TerjeNorway on Wed Sep 12, 2018 4:31 pm
So I finally got my native Thunderbolt port working on my Asus Z170-PREMIUM running Presonus Quantum. It was a struggle and yesterday I almost gave up. I tried every setting in bios possible, but actually I did not have to change a single thing from the default settings (bios 3801). The thing I was missing was the motherboard firmware update which is not the same as bios update.

(People that buy the Asus Thunderboltex 3 adapter has to change the settings in bios. I can also connect my motherboard to Asus Thunderboltex 3, but don't see the point since you only are allowed to use one Thunderbolt port at a time cause bios does not allow two.)

I have just tried the Quantum for a couple of hours but it seems stable and fast. See video under

My system:
Hardware:
Asus Z170-PREMIUM motherboard (native Thunderbolt port)
Intel Core i7-6700K Skylake Prosessor
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400MHz 32GB
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Gaming 8GB

StarTech THUNDERBOLT CABEL 2M (TBOLTMM2MW)
StarTech THUNDERBOLT 3 TO THUNDERBOLT 2 adapter (TBT3TBTADAP)

Software:
Windows 10 Home latest update
Asus motherboard bios: Z170-PREMIUM-ASUS-3801
Asus motherboard firmware update: FW_update_tool_of_Z170-PREMIUM Important!!!!!!!!
Thunderbolt TM software: TBT_WIN10_64_17.2.71.250
Presonus Quantum driver: PreSonus_Universal_Control_v48221

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My system
Intel Core i9-10900K Processor
Noctua NH-U12A CPU cooler
Gigabyte Z490 VISION D
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB SSD
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200MHz 64GB
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming X Trio 12G
StarTech Thunderbolt Cable 2M (TBOLTMM2MW)
StarTech Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter (TBT3TBTADAP)
Neumann TLM 102 microphone
Presonus Quantum
Windows 10, Ableton 11, Cubase 10
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by Jessa on Sat Feb 02, 2019 8:30 am
Yup, all good here with Win 10, ASUS Z170AR motherboard, Startek adapter, Asus Thunderbolt-EX 3 card and Apple thunderbolt cable...Very stable and super low latency 1.4ms, 64 samples rtl @ 96k...:) :punk:
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by TerjeNorway on Sat Feb 02, 2019 10:01 pm
hmm I get 1,67 ms latency on 64 buffer size and 96 sample rate. What is your cpu and DAW?
I'm using Ableton and see signature for my system

My system
Intel Core i9-10900K Processor
Noctua NH-U12A CPU cooler
Gigabyte Z490 VISION D
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB SSD
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200MHz 64GB
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming X Trio 12G
StarTech Thunderbolt Cable 2M (TBOLTMM2MW)
StarTech Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter (TBT3TBTADAP)
Neumann TLM 102 microphone
Presonus Quantum
Windows 10, Ableton 11, Cubase 10
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by Jessa on Sun Feb 03, 2019 5:36 am
TerjeNorway wrotehmm I get 1,67 ms latency on 64 buffer size and 96 sample rate. What is your cpu and DAW?
I'm using Ableton and see signature for my system



Pretty much the same except Intel i7-6700k @ 4.00Ghz overclocked 10% and 64 gig DDR4 ram, PC also totally set up for only Audio, all Win 10 services that can be turned off are, Toshiba external SSD drive for Audio,and Kensington internal SSD for operating system/ software.Plugs, etc....Studio One v4.1.3 , dunno, must be some magic dust getting me the extra 0.27ms ...:)
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by TerjeNorway on Sun Feb 03, 2019 2:12 pm
Jessa wrote
Pretty much the same except Intel i7-6700k @ 4.00Ghz overclocked 10% and 64 gig DDR4 ram, PC also totally set up for only Audio, all Win 10 services that can be turned off are, Toshiba external SSD drive for Audio,and Kensington internal SSD for operating system/ software.Plugs, etc....Studio One v4.1.3 , dunno, must be some magic dust getting me the extra 0.27ms ...:)

my cpu is also slightly overclocked to 4,3 GhZ. Maybe since Studio One is Presonus you are getting a little bit more out of the Quantum. By the way are you using 96 sample rate as standard? I'm using 48 sample rate as standard, I'm not sure if it's worth changing to 96

My system
Intel Core i9-10900K Processor
Noctua NH-U12A CPU cooler
Gigabyte Z490 VISION D
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB SSD
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200MHz 64GB
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming X Trio 12G
StarTech Thunderbolt Cable 2M (TBOLTMM2MW)
StarTech Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter (TBT3TBTADAP)
Neumann TLM 102 microphone
Presonus Quantum
Windows 10, Ableton 11, Cubase 10
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by Cubarafe2012 on Sun May 19, 2019 5:44 pm
Hi everyone,

Di you know if the Motherboard ASUS Maximun hero VIII will work with Presonus Quantium I know my Motherboard have the Thunderbolt head. Please let me know ASAP.

Kindest regards,
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by TerjeNorway on Mon May 20, 2019 11:54 am
Cubarafe2012 wroteHi everyone,

Di you know if the Motherboard ASUS Maximun hero VIII will work with Presonus Quantium I know my Motherboard have the Thunderbolt head. Please let me know ASAP.

Kindest regards,

Yes, MAXIMUS VIII HERO works with ThunderboltEX 3, and ThunderboltEX 3 is known to work with Quantum.
Remember to buy:
StarTech Thunderbolt Cable 2M (TBOLTMM2MW)
StarTech Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter (TBT3TBTADAP)

By the way what kind of CPU do you have? I'm just curious since you have the same Z170 chipset as me

My system
Intel Core i9-10900K Processor
Noctua NH-U12A CPU cooler
Gigabyte Z490 VISION D
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB SSD
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200MHz 64GB
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming X Trio 12G
StarTech Thunderbolt Cable 2M (TBOLTMM2MW)
StarTech Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter (TBT3TBTADAP)
Neumann TLM 102 microphone
Presonus Quantum
Windows 10, Ableton 11, Cubase 10
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by alessandrorizzo on Mon Jul 15, 2019 4:42 am
Yes. Happy to report that the system I built a while back to work with My UAD Apollos on PC, also works with the Quantums.

Specs:

i7 7700K
Gigabyte Aourus Z270 Gaming 7
32 Gb RAM, 2x 1TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus Nvme
Intel 550 10Gbe NIC
Windows 10 x64
Startech TB3 to TB 2 adapter
1x Quantum 26x32, 2x Quantum 48
UAD Satellite Octo, Apollo 8, Apollo 8P

All work on one thunderbolt daisy chain. I use the Quantums as the audio device in studio One. I still use My Apollos for tracking, so I use the UA console & Plug ins for input & The apollos mirror their analog inputs to ADAT which is fed to the Quantums ADAT ins.

The quantums more than fulfill their purpose, which is to act as a patch-bay for all the outboard. Pipeline XT + Quantums means every single bit of analog hardware I own is now a drag and droppable preset. Couple that with Studio ones powerful plug in routing & splitter, I will not miss a physical patch panel at all.

The whole system works flawlessly at 512 block size, and pretty well at 256, lower than that introduces clicks and pops when you start pushing it. The only problem I have encountered is a higher than average start up time, as the Windows Audio Endpoint service seems to go into overdrive at boot up or whenever you change block sizes. (To be fair, I do have quite a few audio devices for it to sort out!) Other than that, it all works.

I also have a trashcan Mac, but haven't even plugged the Quantums in, as I still haven't had a single crash on Studio One on PC since I started using it! So, you know what they say... If it aint broke.. add more Quantums :D

Hope this helps someone.

Intel Core i7-7700K @4.2Ghz 32 GB RAM Win10 x64
Universal Apollo 8, 8P, 16, Studio One 4, Faderport8

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