- Hey guys,
Was wondering if any of you had any suggestions for any decent audio interfaces that can also properly drive my AKG K 240 headphones (impedance 55 ohms), I'm using a laptop with pretty good specs for EDM production. Budget < $200.
Also, I only use soft synths so don't need many MIDI inputs, just mainly a headphone out to plugin my headphones!
My criteria are:
1.) To have a built-in headphone amp, that can adequately drive the AKG K 240's specifically.
2.) Good USB interface (USB 2.0), and most suited for my DAW (FL Studio).
3.) Which one has better sound drivers/driver support and updates, as I am looking to use it the audio interface frequently for online desktop streaming while I produce. My onboard sound card's driver can't take the load of my projects, since I currently use the asio4all driver but unfortunately asio4all isn't supported in the streaming software. So I need something with its own dedicated/native asio driver with the card that could have multiple output functionality OR a dedicated/native sound driver that comes with the card that can support heavy FL Studio projects, so I can stream my production online real-time at the same time I produce.My options (so far):
M-Audio MobilePre MKII
Focusrite Saffire 2i2
Focusrite Saffire 6 USB
PreSonus AudioBox USB
Tascam US-200
Tascam US-600
Tascam 144 MKIIWould really appreciate any help you guys give. Thanks!
Moe Farid
30 July 2012