Just some links I need for considering a firewire audio interface. Leaning towards the Roland/Edirol FA-101.
Be careful with M-Audio Firewire!
Mac Music Forums - Be careful with M-Audio Firewire!
OS X Audio -- FW 410 and hot-plugging...
FireWire Port Failures in Host Computers and Peripheral Devices
my G5 firewire port is DEAD . maybe my fault
OS X Audio -- Edirol FA-101 - has anyone got one yet?
DaVinci's Edirol FireWire FA-101 Review - Discussion at Scott R. Garrigus' DigiFreq