Audient ID14 MKII Audio Interface Review / Explained
Today I walkthrough, explain, test and review the Audient ID14 MKII. This is a USB-C bus powered audio interface which is expandable to 10 inputs via ADAT/SPDIF, with 2 amazing internal preamps and a great sounding instrument input. MKII improves the A/D conversion dynamic range by 5dB, and D/A conversions dynamic range by 9dB. The headphone is capable of driving even the HD650’s cleanly and it records up to 24-bit 96kHz.
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00:00 - Intro / Pricing
00:17 - Disclosure
00:27 - Signal Chain for Testing
00:48 - What’s in the Box
01:06 - Build Quality
01:36 - Walkthrough of Features
04:00 - Specifications
04:47 - Differences Between ID4 and ID14
06:15 - Shure SM7b Mic Test (No Cloudlifter or Fethead)
07:28 - Preamp Gain Noise Test
08:21 - Latency Test
09:16 - Instrument Input (D.I.) Test
10:55 - Can the Headphone Amp Drive HD650’s?
11:19 - Top Level Software Rundown
13:19 - Pros & Cons
16:10 - Recommendation
17:15 - Outro
