iD4 & iD14 MK II - Audient updated their Audio Interfaces

[Tapik]

It will be ok. Study the comments and reviews by Julian Krause on YT. He is the expert. He would prefer a lower impedance for the output but your phones would be ok.

He said in video that you need 80+ Ohms headphones and that's what bugs me a bit

 

[teashea]

He said in video that you need 80+ Ohms headphones and that's what bugs me a bit

Yours are very close to that.

 

[Bamboszek]

Here is excellent explanation of headphone & amplifier impedance: https://diyaudioheaven.wordpress.com/tutorials/how-to-interpret-graphs/impedance/

With non-zero output impedance amplifier you should have slightly more bass.
It isn't really that strict. You don't need some exact of headphone / amp output impedance or otherwise it will sound completely bad.

 

[teashea]

FYI, for comparison purposes ---- the new Audient iD48......... I have ordered one. Quite a nice piece of kit.

 

[Bamboszek]

Did they improved their drivers? Back in the day Audient used generic Thysecon drivers like many others such as Behringer or SSL.

While these drivers are acceptable for inexpensive interfaces, I would definitely choose something else with bigger budget.
Latency and stability was far away from RME or MOTU

 

[teashea]

The driver for the SSL 12 is quite good and I suspect that the driver for this as good or better.

 

[jonwb]

I'm running 48/24 at 64 samples with my Audient iD14 Mk2. I'm not sure I can do better. Maybe better A/D conversion with a high-end interface, but nothing I'd spend >$2k for.

 

[AnalogSteph]

I'm running 48/24 at 64 samples with my Audient iD14 Mk2. I'm not sure I can do better.

Is 24/96 with a 128 sample buffer stable?

 

[jonwb]

Is 24/96 with a 128 sample buffer stable?

I haven't tried it (mainly because my VIs work better at 48KHz) but give me some time and I'll report back.

 

[jonwb]

Ok well yes and no... the playback at 24/96 with a 128 buffer is solid BUT when enabling the record functions for either VI's or audio, the CPU is taxed heavily. Too much for me to keep it there. At 24/48, the CPU jumps about 25% with that scenario.