Originally Posted By: Funkifized
What's the difference between the Focusrite and the Behringer UM2? What makes the higher price worth it?

A couple things I notice
-The dials on the Focusrite input adjustment have a ring that lights different colors for different level input signal .. kind of a simple (but effective) input meter that the UM2 does not have on the front of it.
-192 kHz vs 48 kHz
-The Focusrite 2nd input has a Line/Instrument switch (for plugging guitar in directly, or plugging it in via FX/etc (different level of input signals)
-IMO a better build quality, especially on the dials.

That said the UM2's first input can be Line or XLR .. the basic Focusrite (SOLO) unit appears to be XLR only on that input.
So stereo signal connection may be easier to accomplish on UM2.

If you were comparing UM2 to the 2i2 (and not the SOLO) then the stereo connection mentioned above does not apply at all.
2i2 link
$99
The 2i2 is better in many more ways

Last edited by rharv; 05/29/20 12:27 PM.
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