MOTUM2
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New retail price (MSRP)
$219
Used market: $105*
Specifications
5 of 14 values have a recorded source- Type
- Audio Interface·
- Equivalent input noise
- -129✓
- Bus powered
- yes·
- Maximum gain
- 60✓
- Analog inputs
- 2x Combo XLR/TRS (mic/line/Hi-Z)·
- Analog outputs
- 2x 1/4" TRS Balanced · 2x RCA Unbalanced·
- Digital inputs
- USB-C·
- USB power draw
- 2.5·
- Headphone output
- 3.27 Vrms·
- Maximum input level
- 10✓
- Maximum sample rate
- 192·
- Phantom power provided
- yes✓
- Release year
- 2019·
- Indexable Locales
- en·
Expert Audio Engineering Commentary
Tonal profile
The M2 publishes a +12.5 dBu headphone output — 3.27 V, more than most interfaces in its class. Preamp gain is not on the specs page, but it is in Appendix B of the M Series user guide: 0 to +60 dB on the XLR input, with EIN of -129 dBu at maximum gain.
Setups using this gear
Sennheiser HD 600 on a MOTU M2 headphone outputYamaha HS7 on MOTU M2 line outputs, not on speaker terminalsShure SM7B and a MOTU M2: how much gain does the M2 actually have?MOTU M2 with 250 Ω DT 990 Pro: enough, but how much is left over?DT 770 Pro on a MOTU M2: 32, 80 or 250 Ω — which version should you buy?
* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~48% retained value).