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Apogee Duet Sound Card
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Apogee Ensemble Sound Card
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RME Fireface UCX Sound Card
RME Fireface UCX
Editiorial reviews
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4 editorial reviews
Apogee's Duet 2 puts the company’s famed A-D/D-A conversion into a box that’s attractive in terms of both styling and price...Read more
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
A FireWire audio interface with a compact design and chic and silky operationRead more
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3 editorial reviews
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
A small, mighty and well-connected interface with some cool new tricks up its sleeveRead more
Can the iPad really be a serious recording tool? When you add a state-of-the-art audio interface from RME, quite possibly...Read more
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User rating
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5 stars
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50 user ratings
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4 stars
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General

Sound TypeStereoStereoStereo

Connectivity

Headphone outputyesyesyes
Headphone output (6.3 mm / 1/4)121
Microphone inputyesyesyes
Other connectors
  • Balanced input XLR
  • MIDI
  • 6.3mm phone connector
  • Digital coaxial input
  • Digital coaxial output
  • Digital optical input
  • Digital optical output
  • Firewire
  • Thunderbolt
  • Firewire
  • MIDI
USByesnoyes
Analog 3.5mm output
N/A
8
N/A
Analogue RCA outputs
N/A
0
N/A
Headphone output (3.5 mm)
N/A
0
N/A
Jack Plug input
N/A
44
Jack Plug output (6,3 mm / 1/4)
N/A
43
XLR
N/A
4
N/A

Design

Placement TypeExternalExternalExternal

Audio properties

D/A audio24 bit / 192 kHz24 bit / 192 kHz24 bit / 192 kHz
Audio quality24.0 bit
N/A
N/A
Noise level (SNR)
N/A
N/A
111.0 dB

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