Best 2in 2out interface in its price range. Ultimate Bang for Buck!
Build quality is good. Enclosure and knobs are metal and feel sturdy, not plastic, cheap, or flimsy feeling. The LED screen is nice, although the metering is so-so but is good for a unit of this price. It sounds good, preamps have plenty of gain, and headphone amp is powerful enough to run the various headphones I have with, each with different impedance levels. The direct monitoring is great, and when not using direct monitoring, but going through my DAW latency is not even noticeable (just be sure to adjust your sample rate). The On/Off switch would seem like a no-brainer that should be have been on all interfaces years go, so that's a nice addition. I just don't think it gets any better than this at this price point. Ran perfect out the box on my Macbook Pro, but when initially running it on my Windows laptop, I noticed that after a while the inputs started producing a ton of static. I went to the Motu website and updated the firmware, and haven't had a problem since. I had the Audient Evo4, and it worked fine, but feels cheaply made. That one comes in a little cheaper, but doesn't have the build quality, MIDI in/out, LED screen for monitoring, separate gain knobs (ins, out, and headphone on the Audient all use the same knob, so you can't change anything simultaneously). At the time of writing this review, I can confidently say this is the best 2in 2out interface in its price range.
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