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For mastering, or a playback device, this wouldn't much matter, but for tracking audio in a studio, latency is big deal.Ģ) Thunderbolt is higher bandwidth. Latency being the time delay to go through ADC, pass it into the computer, get it back out the DAC. Went to the greenhouse expecting everything to have died down but instead, found a great bounty of peppers (Shishido, Bell and Banana), cucumbers, and tomatoes:Ĭlick to expand.I can't speak to product plans, but it's worth noting why we like Thunderbolt.ġ) Thunderbolt can support lower latencies that USB.
Man, this garden of ours is refusing to give up this year. It is my pleasure to put the Universal Audio Apollo X16 on my recommended list.Īs always, questions, comments, recommendations, etc. But do keep in mind the complexity of using Thunderbolt for interface/programming and need for 64-bit player application. The high output of X16 should allow you to drive amplifiers such as Purifi and Hypex without their input buffers and get better measured performance than you can with high-fi DACs. Still, the X16 if left to produce its high output, is able to keep up with them and of course provide incredible amount of additional functionality to say nothing of 16 channels input and output. In the interim period those companies razor focused on best measured performance and given us incredible performance. It would have been a watershed event if we had tested the X16 when it came out as it would left all of our high-fi DACs in the dust. The much better results once again indicates a clean response above the audio band. Let's start with our usual dashboard pushing bits using Thunderbolt: Fortunately performance is just as good at 20 dBu.įYI I reviewed the measurements with UA and they are fine with the results. The default is 20 dBu, with the extra voltage left for headroom. Per recommendation from UA, I set the unit to 24 dBu output. Lots of programming capability exists to set up the unit. Please seek out other reviews for that functionality which is likely responsible for good bit of cost of this unit. There is tons and tons of functionality in the X16 that I won't touch on, nor am I qualified to do so. This review is focused on electronic performance of the X16. I provide a dashboard readout using Thunderbolt by playing the test tone using Roon player. My solution to testing was using the AES input on the X16 for most of the measurements. If you are going to use this for hi-fi applications, be sure your app is 64 bits. My Roon player did as did Adobe Audition.
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The Audio Precision software is 32 bits so would not see it at all.
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I ran into a major stumbling block in testing the X16 in that it only exposes an Audio interface for 64 bit applications. Not that you would want to mess with replacing it but note that it mates with a 4 pin, XLR like DC connector to the unit. For the DAC functionality I used the additional monitor out so didn't need to buy that snake.Īs you see, a hefty external power supply is used, reminding me of the original Xbox power supply. Mine was a no name $50 one for the ADC portion which worked fine. This interface is in great visual and working condition.Įxternal PSU works on both 110V and 220V regions, EU power cord is included.DB-25 connectors are used so if you don't have such break out "snakes," you need to buy them as I did.
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Included in the Realtime Analog Classics Plus Bundle: Work in surround formats up to 7.1, complete with speaker calibration and fold-down Run UAD Powered Plug-Ins via VST, AU, and AAX 64 in all major DAWs Produce with LUNA Recording System - a fully-integrated recording application made for Apollo (Mac/Thunderbolt) Track and mix with powerful QUAD Core processing, featuring 4 UAD-2 DSP chips for running more award-winning UAD Powered Plug-Ins in real timeĮasily connect to consoles and studio gear with switchable +24 / +20 dBu headroom settings Record with elite-class A/D and D/A conversion nearing the widest dynamic range and lowest signal to noise available - at any price
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Format_quote 16 Channels of Elite Audio Conversion, QUAD Core Processing.Ī Special Edition of UA's Acclaimed Rackmount 18 x 20 Thunderbolt 2 Audio Interface w/ Elite-Class A/D and D/A conversion and UAD QUAD Core Processing - for Mac and Windows.