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Apogee Duet 2 Sound Card
Apogee Duet 2
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RME BabyFace Sound Card
RME BabyFace
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RME Fireface 400 Sound Card
RME Fireface 400
Editiorial reviews
4
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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2
2 editorial reviews
RME's interfaces get ever smaller — but this baby packs a powerful punch despite its miniature dimensions.Read more
RME miniaturise the Fireface range into a portable solutionRead more
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2
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
68
3.6 out of 5
68 user ratings
5 stars
30 %
4 stars
25 %
3 stars
30 %
2 stars
1 %
1 stars
11 %
41
4.0 out of 5
41 user ratings
5 stars
36 %
4 stars
34 %
3 stars
26 %
2 stars
2 %
1 stars
0 %
49
3.8 out of 5
49 user ratings
5 stars
32 %
4 stars
30 %
3 stars
26 %
2 stars
4 %
1 stars
6 %

Connectivity

Analog 3.5mm output0
N/A
N/A
Analogue RCA outputs0
N/A
N/A
Headphone outputyesyes
N/A
Headphone output (3.5 mm)0
N/A
N/A
Headphone output (6.3 mm / 1/4)11
N/A
Jack Plug input2
N/A
N/A
Jack Plug output (6,3 mm / 1/4)2
N/A
N/A
Microphone inputyesyesyes
Microphone Jack Plug (3.5mm)0
N/A
N/A
XLR21
N/A
Other connectors
  • Firewire
  • MIDI
  • Balanced input XLR
  • Digital optical input
  • MIDI
  • Balanced output XLR
  • Digital optical output
N/A
USByesyes
N/A
Headphone outputs
N/A
11
Line-in
N/A
yesyes
Line-out
N/A
yesyes
S/PDIF in port
N/A
yesyes
S/PDIF out port
N/A
yesyes

Design

Placement TypeExternalExternalExternal

Audio properties

D/A audio24 bit / 192 kHz24 bit / 192 kHz24 bit / 192 kHz
Noise level (SNR)
N/A
98.0 dB100.0 dB
Line-out Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)
N/A
100.0 dB100.0 dB
Audio quality
N/A
N/A
24.0 bit

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