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Apogee Duet 2 Sound Card
Apogee Duet 2
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RME Fireface 400 Sound Card
RME Fireface 400
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RME Fireface 800 Sound Card
RME Fireface 800
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RME Fireface 802 Sound Card
RME Fireface 802
Editiorial reviews
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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 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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2 editorial reviews
RME's Fireface 800 brings together all of the company's expertise in developing audio hardware for computers, mic preamps and converters into one highly desirable unit. But can you really fit so much functionality into one interface without cutting corners?Read more
The UFX adds USB, DSP and a host of goodies to this interface rangeRead more
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The Fireface 802 picks up where its highly successful predecessor left off.Read 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 %
50
3.8 out of 5
50 user ratings
5 stars
28 %
4 stars
36 %
3 stars
26 %
2 stars
10 %
1 stars
0 %
36
4.1 out of 5
36 user ratings
5 stars
30 %
4 stars
47 %
3 stars
22 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %

Connectivity

Analog 3.5mm output0
N/A
N/A
N/A
Analogue RCA outputs0
N/A
N/A
N/A
Headphone outputyes
N/A
yesyes
Headphone output (3.5 mm)0
N/A
N/A
N/A
Headphone output (6.3 mm / 1/4)1
N/A
12
Jack Plug input2
N/A
88
Jack Plug output (6,3 mm / 1/4)2
N/A
44
Microphone inputyesyesyesyes
Microphone Jack Plug (3.5mm)0
N/A
N/A
N/A
XLR2
N/A
44
Other connectors
  • Firewire
  • MIDI
N/A
  • Digital coaxial input
  • Digital coaxial output
  • Digital optical input
  • Digital optical output
  • Firewire
  • MIDI
  • Digital optical input
  • Digital optical output
  • Firewire
  • MIDI
USByes
N/A
noyes
Headphone outputs
N/A
111
Line-in
N/A
yesyesyes
Line-out
N/A
yesyesyes
S/PDIF in port
N/A
yesyesyes
S/PDIF out port
N/A
yesyesyes

Design

Placement TypeExternalExternalExternalExternal

Audio properties

D/A audio24 bit / 192 kHz24 bit / 192 kHz24 bit / 192 kHz24 bit / 192 kHz
Noise level (SNR)
N/A
100.0 dB110.0 dB110.0 dB
Line-out Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)
N/A
100.0 dB103.0 dB115.0 dB
Audio quality
N/A
24.0 bit24.0 bit24.0 bit

Often compared with Apogee Duet 2

Often compared with RME Fireface 400

Often compared with RME Fireface 800

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