Egosys (ESI) has started shipping their new MaXIO XD recording system. The basic MaXiO XD system consists of the MaXiO PCI host card and one EX8000, a 2U-rack space unit with the 8 channel analog I/O and multichannel ADAT and digital I/O. The PCI card is equipped with four FireWire-like E.D.I(ESI Digital Interface) ports, each capable of individually supporting one breakout box with E.D.I connection like the EX8000.