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[ecc83]

I knew the Steinberg was pretty noisy but the M2 in this comparison surprised me.

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Surprised how Folks'? Do you know the methodology? For instance are they all tested at exactly the same gain setting?
I was also surprised as I have the M4 and it is by far the lowest noise mic pre in an AI I have ever had and has plenty of gain. Cannot believe the ADA8200 is better. Not being anti-Behrry, I had a UMC 204HD and the pre amp was very good, especially considering the price of the interface but not as good as the M4.

Dave.

 

[Folkcafe]

Surprised how Folks'? Do you know the methodology? For instance are they all tested at exactly the same gain setting?
I was also surprised as I have the M4 and it is by far the lowest noise mic pre in an AI I have ever had and has plenty of gain. Cannot believe the ADA8200 is better. Not being anti-Behrry, I had a UMC 204HD and the pre amp was very good, especially considering the price of the interface but not as good as the M4.

Dave.

Here is the video. I also found another reviewer that had issues with noise until it warmed up then tested fine. Not sure it is related. Both disliked the low output of the headphone section. It's an online review, grain of salt and all that.

Motu M2 Review

 

[Folkcafe]

Looks like they might have got a faulty Presonus audiobox in that mix. That looks more like an outlier.

In a couple of reviews I found that did testing, it doesn't appear to be an impressive unit. That figure might be high depending as the testing was done with a SM7B. This device doesn't particularly like being pushed.

Here is a graph showing the low frequency distortion from a different review. What do you want for $100

 

[Folkcafe]

And another preamp noise comparison chart with the AudioBox on the bottom by a significant amount.