Sonnet Echo Express SE1 Thunderbolt 3 Expansion Chassis

Does exactly what it says on the tin, allows use of a PCIe card with a daughter board. Be aware, there is a difference between _Thunderbolt 2_ and _Thunderbolt 3_. Thunderbolt 2 is a squareish connector. Thunderbolt 3 shares form with the USB-C connector and has extra functionality on top of USB-C, and is thin and wide with rounded edges, also reversible. This is a TB3 dock. They also sell a different TB2 enclosure which looks the same other than the ports at the back. It says that external graphics cards are not supported, but they sell a separate GPU dock for that. This is most likely due to the huge power draws for graphics cards. This has a small fan, but it's fairly quiet and for the tech handy can be replaced. The slot type is PCIe, not the old PCI standard (but adapters exist). It has 2 ports for the intended Thunderbolt passthrough, a premium over many TB products that only has a single port and have to form the end of a chain. Sonnet has a very useful compatibility chart on their website showing a mass of PCIe cards they have tested. showing the compatibility is very high. This is something I strongly appreciated, as Thunderbolt is a rather messy technology and there has been a string of poor and crashy implementations and docks. Build quality is good and light weight, made for standing on a desk, not really flimsy but not built like a tank either. On par with an external hard drive, definitely portable but I would be careful with it. Swapping out the card does take a minute as you have to unscrew the feet. For several cards I would get their 3-card enclosure, but that's also 3x the price. I bought this for use with an UAD-2 card in Pro Tools, and it works great. I did a lot of research beforehand and it seems to be the best and safest for what it does.

Works like a dream.

This is the best Pcie / thunderbolt extension in the market for Mac.

Fan is pretty loud, but otherwise great

カードのセット 及び セット後について現在までトラブルは起きていない。 サンダーボルト以外の出力がないことが清々しい。 当然、ほかの出力がない。高価にも係わらずにだ。それが欠点といえば欠点で、−１とした。

funktioniert vom ersten Moment an. Bisher keinerlei Aussetzer o.ä. Ich verwende den Echo Express am iMac 2019, als Adapter für eine IDE DSP Karte. Ja, der Lüfter ist zu hören, aber ich empfinde es nicht als Störend. Zur Not, kann man ein längeres USB Kabel holen und das Gerät somit weiter wegstellen.

Ottimo prodotto. Solo la prima installazione su mac ha richiesta un riavvio. Non viene riconosciuta se attaccata ad un hub, quindi va connessa direttamente al computer. per il resto tutto come ti aspetteresti dal leader di mercato.