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Apogee Duet 2 vs RME Fireface 400

    Apogee Duet 2 Sound Card
    Apogee Duet 2
      3.15 in
      0.51 in
      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 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 %
      49
      3.8 out of 5
      49 user ratings
      5 stars
      		32 %
      4 stars
      		30 %
      3 stars
      		26 %
      2 stars
      		4 %
      1 stars
      		6 %

      Full Comparison

      Units:

      Connectivity

      Apogee Duet 2Apogee Duet 2
      RME Fireface 400RME Fireface 400
      Microphone inputyesyes

      Design

      Apogee Duet 2Apogee Duet 2
      RME Fireface 400RME Fireface 400
      Placement TypeExternalExternal

      Audio properties

      Apogee Duet 2Apogee Duet 2
      RME Fireface 400RME Fireface 400
      D/A audio24 bit / 192 kHz24 bit / 192 kHz

      Pros & Cons

      Pros
          Cons

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