Morning Coffee
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So having it plugged into external power will nullify the risk of USB power surge(?)
I can't answer that question directly, better to contact Audient to be sure.
So having it plugged into external power will nullify the risk of USB power surge(?)
There isn't. The better gain (58 db vs 50) is really the only reason to get the Audient, and that's if cost doesn't really matter to you as it's far more expensive. Well unless the nice big volume knob is a big deal too.I've seen a couple of YT videos on a comparison but there seems to be not a huge difference in recording quality.
On the iD14 there is over voltage protection on the USB input to protect against potential surges from USB ports.
Unfortunately on very rare occasions a unit may have problems, which you may see reported online, but this would account for a very small amount of iD14's. Furthermore, we provide a 12 months warranty with all our products for the very rare cases where something goes wrong.
The unit should be fine using either USB or the 12V power supply.
Focusrite 3d gen brings a new low latency drivers, supposedly. Would be nice to hear opinions from users in this regard