Im planning to upgrade my cheap audio interface,both are about 150-160$ used in my country
most of time im just record electric guitar and mixing for my band.So my question is which have better adda converter for mixing ? thank you guys !

 

The Audient.

 

Anything but Apogee.
Drivers of Apogee, even when they released Mac exclusive interfaces, never worked smooth for me. Had Duet 1 Firewire and Duet 2 USB back then and can't count in the end anymore how many times I had to restart my system to recognize the interface. Switched to Audient around 3 years ago - no trouble anymore. Maybe newer generations works better now, I wouldn't trust them anymore though.

 

I have the Audient ID4, can't fault it

 

Quality and reliability: Audient iD22

 

Another id14 mk2 win user and its pretty flawless and the conversion is solid.

 

im also pretty considering save for the id14 mk2, but wonder if its really better than id22 in term of converter or not

 

Comparing Audient iD22 vs Audient ID14 MKI
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/comp...ent_ID14_MKII/BHitems/1156371-REG_1641632-REG

The Winner is: Audient ID14 MKI

USB 3.0 / 3.1/3.2 Gen 1
A/D Converters: 10 Hz to 40 kHz ±0.5 dB
D/A Converters: 10 Hz to 40 kHz ±0.1 dB
Mic, Line Inputs: 10 Hz to 40 kHz ±0.5 dB (Min Gain)
20 Hz to 22 kHz ±1 dB (Max Gain)
Hi-Z Inputs: 10 Hz to 20 kHz ±0.5 dB
Headphone Outputs: 125.5 dB (A-Weighted)
A/D Converters: 120 dB (A-Weighted)
D/A Converters: 125.5 dB (A-Weighted)

 

There is no real world difference you would notice, but the USB-C interfaces pack quite a lot more power when it comes to headphones. I think the ID22 isn't USB-C?

Mine is the ID24 and I love it to death. Great investment. Only annoyance is the fact that the gain is all digital, so if the power goes out, it goes back to zero. Had quite a few times I had no sound until I remembered I had a power outage earlier in the day. Lmao

 

ID22 because ADAT.
You can even buy the smaller ID14 (ADAT, SPDIF ...) so you can expand it later with ADAT if you need more inputs.

 

the latency of the audient is quite bad tbh. I have still an id4 mk2, that I use just when I travel, and the latency is pretty terrible...
I´ve bought a motu ultralite mk5 and the lantency difference is day and night

 

"The Audient iD4 offers excellent low latency, especially with its direct monitoring feature for zero-latency input, while typical roundtrip software latency (input-to-DAW-to-output) can range from around 4.4ms (at 64 samples/high sample rate) to 10ms (at 128 samples)"

I think we're talking differences of 0.1's of miliseconds in the much more expensive interface, which you only really need for specialist tasks. <10ms is sufficient for most users. |

And to say day and night when you're talking mostly imperceptible differences in latency, is a stretch at best

 

Boom is absolutely rock solid on macOS with Macbook Air M1, had zero issues with drivers or anything, similar experience that I had with RME prior to it (on Windows tho), didn't used Boom on Windows tho, so can't really vouch for that combo.

 

"Latency fear" is becoming a joke nowadays.
Do ppl understand you get LESS latency with any ASIO audio interface than listening to a guitar amp 10 feets away ?

"Every millisecond of delay equates to about 1 foot of distance. So a 10ms delay would be like playing with your guitar amp 10 feet away."

I played fast metal further than that, like 5-10 meters. No problem.
And pro guitar musicians use digital wireless for guitar, for in ears, and digital mixing desk and digital multi FX and ...
At the end, their stacked latency is probably near 20-30ms.

So if some more ms latency is a problem to you, it is time to check the problem on your side. Not the latency itself.

 

Yeah for sure, Ableton even offers the 'latency compensation' feature which allows you to dial in negative latency, so you can actually near enough hear the sound before you've even played it now

 

Found this channel quite useful, helped me a lot to find interface that was meeting my use case, sure, it doesn't really tell how devices are really working on your machine, drivers issues and quality issues and all that, but it can help to narrow down choices and from there you can explore first hand experiences people got with those few devices you are considering.

 

yes im watching his youtube for research, at first i thought that boom was great in term of converter, but the noise preamp and hp-monitor switch hold me back.At this point maybe im gonna wait for antelope zenith 2

 

ahah if you believe the specs written by the company we don´t have even to talk further.
according to that the thunderbolt Presonus Quantum 2626 shouldn´t have latency at all... Well I tested it next to the motu ultra lite mk5 and they have the exact same latency if you record external gear.
I´ve a mac mini m4 pro with 48gb ram and I can´t really use buffer 32 for every single project. with 64 it´s ok cpu load wise, but really at the limit to be able to listen a hardware synth bassline that is not completely out of time with the rest of the track.

 

Yeah, there's some drawbacks for sure, doubt I recommended it to anyone, it just fitted my particular use case the most, as I don't use the preamps, wanted just great HP/main out with solid quality of converters, drivers and mostly something that works without issues with M1. This thing was only viable option up until double of price range, every other interface that made into final round either had issues with drivers or/and generally lousy QC reported by far too many people.

All the best

 

Last edited: Jan 9, 2026 at 6:00 AM

If latency is an issue for those playing live, the solution is to literally mount the speaker in your head. Problem solved. It is quite invasive... however, though with time technical issues should be addressed and concerns mitigated.