Any measurements for Focusrite Clarett+ interfaces out there?

[charlielaub]

I'm wondering if there are any public and independent measurements posted for a member of the new Clarett+ interface lineup from Focusrite. To date I have only been able to find reviews that are pure descriptive and aimed more for the musician or recording professional, lacking any objective measurements, etc.

I use pro audio interfaces to implement DSP in software on computers so I am always looking out for new options. I would like to compare the performance to the TOPPING DM7 DAC and MOTU Ultralite mk5 interface.

 

[Blumlein 88]

Look for Julian Krause on YouTube.

 

[DVDdoug]

I use pro audio interfaces to implement DSP in software on computers

I wouldn't worry about basic "sound quality". Usually the biggest issue is noise from the microphone preamp (and sometimes microphone gain) and presumably you're not using that.

Or , you might be concerned with output voltage (which may be published) or the capabilities of the headphone amp (which might need to be independently measured).

 

[charlielaub]

Look for Julian Krause on YouTube.

Thanks for the tip. I did find this one review on the Clarett+ 2Pre from 2 years ago:

The video does include some measurement results and, while they are not up to the sophistication of ASR reviews, I'll take it at this point.

I'm considering buying a Clarett+ 8Pre, so if anyone has measurements on that unit I would love to know about them.

 

[welwynnick]

High Robjohns at Sound on Sound put his Audio Precision on the Focusrite Clarett+ 8Pre USB Audio Interface, and got some very good measurements:

Focusrite Clarett+ 8Pre

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but a switch to Cirrus Logic converters has also significantly improved Focusrite's Clarett+ audio interfaces...

www.soundonsound.com

The other way of looking at this is to compare the measurements that everyone does on all Focusrite interfaces (I have) and see how close they are to the manufacturers specs.

A few manufacturers do overstate their performance, but Focusrite specs are almost always confirmed or even exceeded by independent tests