>>If you're having core audio problems with the EMI, try upgrading to 10.2.5, maybe?<<
everyone i know who tried the emi 2|6 with core audio (spark, peak) in 10.2.4 or earlier had issues when feeding a spdif signal. analog signal was fine. digi in was fine with HAL (what sound studio 2.0 used)
10.2.5 gives me the same issues in peak and spark (pops/clicks t 16/44.1 in spark, duplicated/dropped samples at 24 bit in peak). i'll try sound studio tomorrow
maybe sound studio still uses HAL sometimes? i'll check what's going on on the inside...