Best and Worst Audio Interfaces of 2024.. TESTED! 

I do not smell any sponsor in this video at all. Great job

Thank you! Outstanding deep-dive into the subject. Inspired fresh thinking about available interfaces.

Amazing work! Thank you 👍🏻

Thanks for taking the time for all the testing and for providing all this information!

hard to find a complete video like this one, amazing video! and also so nice to see my favorite audient IDmkII outperformed others!

Incredibly well put together roundup, thank you!

Super helpful, Chris, thank you. First time viewer and this was so good, I have to check out what else you've posted and subscribing right now. Cheers.

This vid is really outstanding. Such a great level of detail........SUBSCRIBED!!

As a bedroom studio user I say thank you so much for this excellent test. Even though I have my audio interface already I now know that I don’t want to change it because you tested it. Thank you! 🙏

Ok, this is hands down the best video on audio interfaces. Thanks so much for taking the time to do this, you answered so many questions in this one presentation.

Great video. You opened my ears even more. Thank you! I totally appreciate your research.

This video was fantastic! Thank you so much for the in depth analysis! I have been wanting to upgrade from my 2nd gen 2i2 to the 4th gen, but after this video I'm now debating getting the SSL2 instead. I love these kinds of videos that dive deeper into a subject and helps the audience make decisions for themselves instead of being told what to get, so keep it up!!!

Wow, thanks for the work you put into this. Some very surprising results there.

This video is so value packed! thank you for making this material.

Absolutely stellar video that answered all of my questions, and then several more I hadn’t thought to ask. Thank you for this.

Thank you for the tangible evidence, and extensive knowledge drop!!!!! Is there anywhere you have all the graphs posted?

Umm this is now THE BEST video on this subject! Excellent work and thank you

Great video! Went into other territory i wasnt expecting, learned a bunch of cool stuff thanks!

Another for RME here! Been using a Multiface II for over a decade now, am ordering the FireFace UFX III this afternoon though. Amazing sound quality, superb driver support, serious build quality etc...

Incredibly well done video!! Subscribed!!

You are a BOSS. I've never seen such an in-depth comparison. Super-impressive.

Excellent video, very informative, no such video in you tube with testing and so much details, subscribed !

great video. super comprehensive. would love to see tascam, and NI (among others) in there in the future. great stuff, I'm headed over to the fb group and page

Amazing in-depty work. Subbscribed! You deserve a lot more of these!

Wow, what an amazing video! Thank you for the thoroughness and insight.

thanks, would be amazing if you got your hands on RME gear and see/hear you test it.

Dude! That's a lot of friggin work you did. Thank You.

Amazing video, so much detailed information! Thumbs up! Wished you had also Apogee Symphony Desktop tested too or maybe in the future!!

Best reviews, u hit the nail on the head..all important issues with interfaces especially noise levels. Thumps Up!

This was very informative. Thank you.

Lots of great info here, thanks for taking the time to do this. Never dawned on me to use the return as an input on my id22 to bypass the preamp, duh!

Thank you for your thorough explanations. Very informative. How do you rate the Arturia AudioFuse Studio?

This was fantastic! I have been looking for a new interface and the detail in this overview was amazing! Thanks so much!

The SSL 2X has been above and beyond for my podcast. Great loopback function and zero latency monitoring with monitor mix. Great video!!

Excellent video. Did you cover monitor outputs? I may have missed it. Are there any significant differences on the sound quality of the monitor outputs between these units?

Just found your channel, you are a legend. Keep up the great work.

Great job man!

Well done. The best test, comparison, and review online

Thank you, for some very interesting information that clarifies my questions on Interface components. 💯👍

Amazing Video...I would love to see this type of breakdown on monitors

I switched from an Apollo MKII to a UXC II recently and love it. I am by no means as technical as you are but and would very much appreciate to hear your thoughts, or have you include some of the RME equipment in your next videos. great vidoes btw!

Extremely well done analysis, thank you!

Wonderful helpful video...have you tested the Rodecaster Duo? I had the Audient ID 24 and really liked it, but like this better i think....curious for your thoughts?

Such a great video. Thank you! Ik like the sound of your VO mic. What mic is this?

Excellent video! Very informative!

This was excellent i just love the breakdown of all the audio interfaces.. Great Job Much Thanks.

thank you!!!!! great review!

Wow!!! So much work went into this!

Amazing contribution to the comunity thank you so much for doing this extencive video of high quality!

Very well made video, and well documented objective tests! However I would like to say, I did try to replicate your test with the Motu M2 on my Motu M4, and did not experience the same outcome, there was no change with headphone volume. IMO, the M4/M6 is a massive step up from the M2 in features, and does in fact have dedicated line level inputs on 3/4 which bypass the preamp. Also, the M4 was one of the few interfaces I found with RCA line level inputs/outputs, which for my use case is very handy.

Thank you for your time and effort, very informative.

Thank you, great review!

Hi Chris! :) Thanks for all these tests! I have a question about your Motu M2 unit. Was this unit assembled in USA (original version) or it's "second revision" which was made in China? I heard in second revision Motu changed the internals (another controller, another ADC/DAC).

Great review, I wish you could have included the iConnectivity Audio4C that is also the only affordable interface that can be used with 2 devices at the same time, I don't now why most manufactures overlook this aspect as nowadays most musicians or audio techs use more than one device, for example for me I use my Windows laptop and iPad at the same time and the only affordable interface that enables me to do that is the iConnectivity Audio4C which also has really good preamps and both front panel and software controls

Nice and accurate review. Thanks!

Totally excellent, well grounded work - and amusing - thanks vm!

you just erased all doubts i had about purchasing a behringer umc 1820. thank you!

Im using Rme adi2 pro and id24 for preamp. That combination amazing. If you had used audient id44 in the test, it would have destroyed the whole list :) Thank you for great test 🙏🏻

most excellent and informative video. Thank you. Any chance you have had any experience with the zoom R24 recorder ( as an interface?)

Great. Much appreciated. I only wish you could have included the RME interfaces in your chart and analysis.

Why no RME interfaces??

Sad to heat the M2 did not fare well My M4 is working and sound quite excellent. Curious to see if the issues are similar on both models.

Such a great video! Is there any way you could setup the video chapters so we can more easily navigate through the video? I find that I need to go back and forth a few times, and it would be so much easier if the chapters were setup.

Very well done. No hype, great detail. Good to know the UMC purchased does well in testing.

There is no test without a RME interface...

Excellent video, my friend! Thanks for this!

Wow. Just a great, information packed video.

I've been using SSL2+ since 2022, and I dig its sound quality and everything-only when it's working. The problem is that the little square buttons are unstable, causing issues such as hums, constant reconnecting (phantom power), intermittent loss of instrument signal, etc. These problems can be temporarily solved by re-pushing the buttons, but even the slightest accidental touch could mess it up again, and it seems like these issues are not unique to my unit. They should've done a recall.

Why does everyone ignore RME?

That's a lot of work you put into this vid, many thanks

I love when the internet gives me such good pieces of content. Thank you so much for the work and the info!!!

Nice video with lots of great knowledge but the whole test and comparison is kinda pointless to me without an RME interface since they are kings of latency and driver support and arguably the best sounding according to a lot of pros...

Like others have said, +1 for RME. Buy literally any RME interface and enjoy the best of everything: ultra low noise preamps, crystal clear AD-DA, and the most stable drivers in the industry on PC or Mac. I tried several other brands on this list over the years and I’m sticking with RME for life now.

Dude! Most amazing review, ever!

Thank you so much for making this. Very informative!

Hmm…no RME? On the compact side of their interfaces you might want to look at UCX II or Babyface Pro.

I own the SSL2 and was a little bit concerned at the beginning if I’d be better off buying the Volt 476.. but after all the testing and videos like yours, the SSL is just crazy good quality for the cheap price! Am very pleased. The next SSL gear I’ll get is the SSL Fusion! Can’t wait!

Sincerely, great advice!

OMG i think that this is one of the best video test that i have watched. Incredible the dedication and the patience. Idk why im still going with the SSL 2+ T.T i think im being stubborn uu

Behringer UMC series for the win 🏆

No RME in this test?

Great video, what about the RME cards ?

Excellent video. Well done!

Buy any RME and be happy

Can’t believe the RME babyface pro FS is not included in this analysis

thank you ... did you test the new rme too?

fantastic video! what mixer du u use?

RME?? Babyface Pro FS?

Hi there! I hope this is okay but just wanted to let you know that something might be wrong with your MOTU M2 test. I tested this multiple times and didn't have distortion. But I think what 'may' be causing some distortion is that you had your 2nd input to the max. Doing that will make you hear much more noise that isn't there. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u7OroM-YVeE.html

Excellent, indepth review!

Great video!! Please review the Topping E2x2

This is weird, I have a Motu M2, Mac m1. I don't have that problem that you have increasing the headphones volume, actually I don't have any complain about noise at all. Is true the headphones output is low but I use my interface connected to a mixer.

Very informative. Terrific presentation!

Very good video. really concise and useful.

I own 2 MOTU ( 828 mkIII and 828x both Amazing !!! ), a Focusrite Clarett 4, Line6 Helix and MAudio (a hate this hahah) The pres of MOTU are really beautiful.

Where is RME?

I wanted to replace my Steinberg U22 because I don't like the pre-amps and did know how to start looking for another Audio Interface since there are so many. Found this video and it was A PERFECT analysis. I am so appreciative you took the time to do these test and post for public use. Thank you so much. Outstanding work, outstanding job.

Thank you for this incredibly detailed review. Really happy to have found your channel. I am curious though if you have looked at or compared any of the Arturia (audiofuse or minifuse) interfaces? I’d be curious to know how they compare to the ones you tested. I like that the Arturia models have built-in USB hubs for connecting controllers, etc and wish more manufacturers would include this feature.

42:00 I think you are pretty harsh and suss by claiming the Motu m2 is unusable. I have this device and it's very usable and specs are excellent, definitely not the worst, that's laughable to claim. For instance, you say the preamp noise floor is 9.3 dB ...how did you formulate these values on the noise floor chart you showed? dB is not a unit of measurement. Typically, measurements like this are presented in dBU. An accurate measurement of the noise floor of the preamp is -129 dBU A-weighted, which is very good. At 42:05 you claim the motu line output / input are not great ... I understand the goal of this test, but it's not a very scientific way to test either the outputs or inputs on the device. The inputs on this interface are designed to accommodate instrument signals, so there will be some high pass filtering. Repeatedly sending the same signal through this input will result in a recording without any low frequency information. The Line outs on the M2 are excellently spec'd. If you were to perform this loop test with another input designed specifically as a line input, you would achieve near perfect conversion. At 42:36 you claim that distortion from the preamps of the microphone inputs can get introduced into the recording at max volume on the headphone jack ... well it's somewhat of an expected behavior, though running into this in any normal use-case is extremely unlikely. The test in the video requires sending a full scale test tone out of the headphone output with the level at maximum. This results in a massive power draw from the phones output which can impact distortion performance on the mic inputs. The headphone output on the M2 is very powerful, so a test like this would produce an extremely loud signal, which I don't expect the average user would need. This increased distortion result will only occur with a constant full scale tone sent to the phones out. A typical audio signal with transients and dynamics will not demand the same power from the headphone amp and will not impact the performance of the microphone inputs.

this guys tripping my motu m4 sounds perfectly fine when headphones are turned to max. you also fail to mention that the m4 has dedicated line inputs 3/4 and had rca in/outs. i didnt see any other interfaces with rca inputs and for monitors too. i bought and sold many of these interfaces as a side hustle since when the pandemic started and in my estimation the motu m4 sounded the best. go home guy youre drunk!!!!!