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Apogee Duet 2 Sound Card
Apogee Duet 2
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Apogee Ensemble Sound Card
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RME Fireface 400 Sound Card
RME Fireface 400
Editiorial reviews
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4 editorial reviews
The Apogee Duet 2 is a top-quality audio interface for recording or just listening to music on a Mac, but it's no longer the only game in town.Read more
Duet 2 is, as its name suggests, a second-generation, dual-channel audio interface made by Apogee for the Macintosh. While this updated release has given Apogee an opportunity to address several key fRead more
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The Ensemble Thunderbolt isn’t just an update — Apogee have completely redesigned it, and the results are impressive.Read more
Thorough overhaul for the classy audio interfaceRead more
In this weeks episode of Logic Pros, we are taking a look at the new Apogee Element Thunderbolt audio interfaces. Apogee has sat atop the world of digital audio conversion for quite some time now. Its premium Thunderbolt Ensemble and flagship Symphony interfaces are among the top choices for industry professionals in terms of overall sound […]Read more
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2 editorial reviews
RME pass down some of the excellent features of their Fireface 800 to the more affordable 400 model, but have they cut any corners in doing so?Read more
The Fireface UC is ostensibly the same as RME's Fireface 400, providing 36 channels of analogue and digital I/O with only the interface format changed from FireWire to USB 2.0. The analogue inputs areRead more
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User rating
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3.6 out of 5
68 user ratings
5 stars
30 %
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2 stars
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3.8 out of 5
49 user ratings
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Connectivity

Analog 3.5mm output08
N/A
Analogue RCA outputs00
N/A
Headphone outputyesyes
N/A
Headphone output (3.5 mm)00
N/A
Headphone output (6.3 mm / 1/4)12
N/A
Jack Plug input24
N/A
Jack Plug output (6,3 mm / 1/4)24
N/A
Microphone inputyesyesyes
Microphone Jack Plug (3.5mm)0
N/A
N/A
XLR24
N/A
Other connectors
  • Firewire
  • MIDI
  • 6.3mm phone connector
  • Digital coaxial input
  • Digital coaxial output
  • Digital optical input
  • Digital optical output
  • Firewire
  • Thunderbolt
N/A
USByesno
N/A
Headphone outputs
N/A
N/A
1
Line-in
N/A
N/A
yes
Line-out
N/A
N/A
yes
S/PDIF in port
N/A
N/A
yes
S/PDIF out port
N/A
N/A
yes

Design

Placement TypeExternalExternalExternal

Audio properties

D/A audio24 bit / 192 kHz24 bit / 192 kHz24 bit / 192 kHz
Noise level (SNR)
N/A
N/A
100.0 dB
Line-out Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)
N/A
N/A
100.0 dB
Audio quality
N/A
N/A
24.0 bit

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