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I know I'm late here but... which one do you recommend to use as a DAC with Magni3+ and to digitalize some vinyls I have impossible to find in the web 202 or 204?
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Thank You!If that's all you'd need this for, a consumer-level soundcard with unbalanced I/O may be a better choice (Xonar U7, X-Fi HD or similar)... you may even have decent enough onboard audio already.
If you do have use for some of the other functions as well, notably the balanced mic input, then the UMC204HD with its RCA outputs and insert jacks (which provide an unbalanced ADC input) would be my weapon of choice.
Another question. The unit has a pair of "Playback outputs" at fixed level. Do you think they work at full output and therefore they are bound to sound like the worst case shown by amirm? I would verify that for myself but I don't have a way to measure the output voltage of those.
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I would think so, that's why I have the 3/4 output set to -4db from the umc control panel which should be analogous to what amir did while testing to get the improved results, I could be wrong though.
No you can't control the rca outputs from the device itself... I meant the umc control panel for windowsThanks! The umc204 doesn't have that option, right?
No you can't control the rca outputs from the device itself... I meant the umc control panel for windows
Had to kludge up a cable
I bet that's mechanical transformer hum, an all too common occurrence towards the budget end - it's a Presonus after all, not a Neumann or Genelec or even an ADAM. (Apparently you're not the first one to notice it on this model.).
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Making an Entry into the World of external DAC /AMPS. USB C Dongles were my first thoughts . But Audio Interfaces peaked my interest because of the MIC inputs and abit more power to handle headphones . This versatility would allow a wide range of use-cases of recording , streaming , Listening , Monitoring, Guitar Amp Sim etc .
UMC204HD is not Available where I am . UMC202HD is available . One of the Difference is Stereo Monitoring that I know . Or Is there anyother things that is different . Another one is Audient EVO 4 , which is very fancy and Modern looking and looks like it can match UMC204HD in features such as Stereo monitoring , Loop Back etc . Plus the main part of Headphone DAC/Amp .
Headphones would be very entry level .
Anyone who has Tested Audient EVO 4 ? How would that be compared to Behringer ?
Thanks .
I have a UMC202HD and it's perfectly adequate as a DAC -- and its not-so-great headphone amp should be OK for "very entry level" 'phones. You will need a pair of 1/4-inch TS to RCA adapters or an equivalent stereo cable to hook it up to most consumer audio gear. I haven't delved into its input/recording functionality enough to comment on that.
It doesn't really matter, I've used it for all sorts of things and it works great.Yeah not much of a Musician / Content creator myself but leaving a room for that . The difference between 202 and 204 , How much of a deal breaker is it for Actual Musicians/Steamers that if MIC is plugged in , while Monitoring , it only plays through One ear . On 204 it is stereo or dual mono something .
Or if you just need a decent enough balanced mic preamp in a pinch, you could probably power the thing from a USB charger and run the left channel outputs into your onboard line-in or whatever.You need two of these for both channels. Then just use the right channel RCA connectors and ignore the left ones.
Did you use two separate, galvanically isolated computers for this? On the same machine it'll be hard to avoid ground loop issues otherwise, the crux with unbalanced connections. This spectra would clearly tell, which is why I tend to prefer a full report over just the summary.Anyway, I did some RMAA measurements/recordings, using the tiny Apple USB-C soundcard (dongle) for the signal.
Input level too high. Try 2-3 dB less, distortion should improve dramatically. My guess is you were somewhere around -2 dBu.First, the front inputs: