TascamUS-2x2HR
interface_dac
New retail price (MSRP)
$200
Used market: $120*
Specifications
7 of 14 values have a recorded source- Type
- Audio Interface·
- Equivalent input noise
- -128✓
- Bus powered
- yes·
- Maximum gain
- 56✓
- Analog inputs
- 2x XLR/TRS combo (Mic/Line/Inst)·
- Analog outputs
- 2x 1/4" TRS Balanced Line Out · 1/4" TRS Headphones·
- Digital inputs
- USB-C · MIDI·
- USB power draw
- 1.75✓
- Headphone output
- 0.76 Vrms, 66 Ω·
- Maximum input level
- 9✓
- Maximum sample rate
- 192·
- Phantom power provided
- yes·
- Release year
- 2020·
- Indexable Locales
- en·
Expert Audio Engineering Commentary
Gain staging
56 dB of gain and -128 dBu EIN, and Tascam is one of very few makers that states the conditions for both: the EIN is at maximum gain with a 150 ohm source, the +9 dBu maximum input is at minimum gain. Those two qualifiers are what make the numbers comparable with anyone else's.
Amplification Warning
The headphone output is the weak point: 18 mW per channel into 32 ohms is 0.76 V, and the 66 ohm output impedance is high. Tascam states a working range of 16 to 250 ohms, which is an honest way of saying that 600 ohm headphones are outside what this drives.
Setups using this gear
* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~60% retained value).