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Apogee Duet 2

Apogee Duet 2

4.65 4.65 (2 Reviews)
Review of Duet 2 from the past 6 months usage
Apogee Duet 2
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Sound Quality
4 out of 5
4
Ease of use
5 out of 5
5
Features
4 out of 5
4
Bang for buck
4 out of 5
4
Overall: 4.25 4.25
Apogee Duet 2
Published by pickadilly
31st March 2012
Apogee Duet 2

Apogee Duet 2 offers very high quality sound for little bit below 500 euros. It comes with a breakout cable, ac adapter and usb cable for connecting the device.

Sound quality is very good in Duet 2. Lows are tight, mids solid and altho the highs can be little bit overhyped, depending on taste. It offers a pristine quality for any homemusician or professional engineer. The presentation of stereoimage is clear.

Duet 2 is controlled by the rotary knob, 2 touchscreen button and maestro software. The touchscreen buttons can be user assignable for preferred taste, which is nice. Maestro in other hand is very simple and easily configurable software.

There are 2 ins and 4 outs. For a laptop producer this is very well enough. If your desire more outputs Duet 2 is upgradeable with the breakoutbox. Apogee updates the drivers in a decent time matter.

Overally I have been very happy with duet 2 and have had no errors or bugs with it. I think it is a little bit too pricey for it to receive a 10 on bang for buck. More suitable price would be about 350 euros in my opinion. It is hard to point much deficits in Duet 2, it's price on mind. But I would recommend it for first audio interface to anyone who doesnt need the extra inputs. These are my thoughts as an starting producer and composer who mainly does electronic music and work mainly "in-the-box".

I hope this could be some help, for someone thinking of buying or not purchasing Duet 2.
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By on 2nd April 2012
Sound Quality
5 out of 5
5
Ease of use
5 out of 5
5
Features
5 out of 5
5
Bang for buck
5 out of 5
5
Overall: 5 5
Does Apogee's Duet 2 Do it?

Yes it does !!! Apogees Duet 2 does everything I need it to do. From it's sexy design, to it's portability and of course, it's great sounding analog to digital/digital to analog converters. Now with an extra set of balanced TRS outputs, I can take it to another studio if I need to, and plug in. Apogee's reputation stays intact IMHO, and with a great lineup of affordable, yet great sounding products, seems poised to continue in that vein. 24 bit/192KHZ capable, the duet 2's software control ,Maestro2, is intuitive and extremely easy to navigate. Two touch sensitive recessed buttons on the left and right of the big knob allow you to switch between mute, peak reset, sum to mono, and dim.
Very handy when those late night sessions get a little high strung. The mic preamps are clear, and although Im not fortunate to have had access to anything better, these preamps are waaaay better than any product i've used thus far.


I used to be of the inclination that, "ähh these manufacturers are ripping us off"..... I thought conversion was math, and math was math. Apogee Duet 2 changed my perception of how digital audio could sound.
The soft limit feature, after the preamps is high on my list too, I don't need to buy a limiter!!!....would love too... but gotta eat.
So in conclusion, I would like anyone with an Apple rig and a spare usb 2.0 port to give it a whirl and support Apogee.
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