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Apogee Duet Sound Card
Apogee Duet
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Apogee Quartet Sound Card
Apogee Quartet
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RME Fireface UCX Sound Card
RME Fireface UCX
Editiorial reviews
4
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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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
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
47
4.0 out of 5
47 user ratings
5 stars
34 %
4 stars
44 %
3 stars
10 %
2 stars
10 %
1 stars
0 %
52
4.3 out of 5
52 user ratings
5 stars
48 %
4 stars
34 %
3 stars
17 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
50
4.1 out of 5
50 user ratings
5 stars
34 %
4 stars
42 %
3 stars
20 %
2 stars
4 %
1 stars
0 %

General

Sound TypeStereoSurroundStereo
Interface Type
N/A
USB
N/A
Number of channels
N/A
5.1
N/A

Connectivity

Headphone outputyesyesyes
Headphone output (6.3 mm / 1/4)111
Microphone inputyesyesyes
Other connectors
  • Balanced input XLR
  • MIDI
  • Balanced input XLR
  • MIDI
  • Firewire
  • MIDI
USByesyesyes
Headphone outputs
N/A
1
N/A
Jack Plug output (6,3 mm / 1/4)
N/A
63
XLR
N/A
0
N/A
Line-in
N/A
no
N/A
Line-out
N/A
no
N/A
S/PDIF in port
N/A
no
N/A
S/PDIF out port
N/A
no
N/A
Jack Plug input
N/A
N/A
4

Design

Placement TypeExternalExternalExternal

Features

3D sound supportno
N/A
N/A
DirectSound supportno
N/A
N/A
EAX supportno
N/A
N/A
Remote controlnonoyes
Plug and Play
N/A
yes
N/A
Support for ASIO
N/A
N/A
yes

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
123.0 dB111.0 dB

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