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Apogee Quartet Sound Card
Apogee Quartet
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Creative Sound Blaster Surround 5.1 Card
Creative Sound Blaster Surround 5.1
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RME Fireface UC Sound Card
RME Fireface UC
Editiorial reviews
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2 editorial reviews
This sleek four-channel interface and monitor controller embodies all the quality and style we’ve come to expect from Apogee.Read more
Interface adds iOS-compatibilityRead more
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2 editorial reviews
REVIEW - Are you looking for powerful sound combined with snazzy looks, from a company with decades of multimedia experience? I've been running someRead more
The Creative Sound Blaster X4 is a direct successor to the excellent Sound Blaster X3. This external USB sound card keeps everything good about its predecessor and adds a couple of interesting additions to the mix, most notably SmartComm Kit—a combination of features aimed at improving our online call quality.Read more
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3 editorial reviews
All audio interfaces are not created equal. Where will this passenger sit on the universal bus? Text: Andrew Bencina If I had a dollar [...]Read More...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
It may be small, but the RME Fireface UC is very powerful and boasts astonishingly low latency.Read more
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User rating
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4.3 out of 5
52 user ratings
5 stars
48 %
4 stars
34 %
3 stars
17 %
2 stars
0 %
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4.0 out of 5
32 user ratings
5 stars
31 %
4 stars
37 %
3 stars
31 %
2 stars
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1 stars
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4.1 out of 5
45 user ratings
5 stars
37 %
4 stars
35 %
3 stars
22 %
2 stars
4 %
1 stars
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General

Sound TypeSurround
N/A
Stereo
Interface TypeUSBUSBFireWire
Number of channels5.14.118

Connectivity

Headphone outputyes
N/A
yes
Headphone output (6.3 mm / 1/4)1
N/A
1
Headphone outputs111
Jack Plug output (6,3 mm / 1/4)6
N/A
2
Microphone inputyesyesno
XLR0
N/A
2
Line-innoyesyes
Line-outno
N/A
yes
S/PDIF in portno
N/A
yes
S/PDIF out portnoyesyes
Other connectors
  • Balanced input XLR
  • MIDI
N/A
  • Digital coaxial input
  • Digital coaxial output
  • Digital optical input
  • Digital optical output
  • Firewire
  • MIDI
USByes
N/A
yes
Analog 3.5mm output
N/A
N/A
0
Analogue RCA outputs
N/A
N/A
0
Headphone output (3.5 mm)
N/A
N/A
0
Jack Plug input
N/A
N/A
6
Microphone Jack Plug (3.5mm)
N/A
N/A
0

Design

Placement TypeExternalExternalExternal

Audio properties

Noise level (SNR)123.0 dB
N/A
100.0 dB
D/A audio24 bit / 192 kHz24 bit / 96 kHz24 bit / 192 kHz
Audio quality
N/A
24.0 bit24.0 bit
Line-out Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)
N/A
N/A
100.0 dB

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