Anyone done thorough shootout of Apollo Solo/Arrow with Twin X, x4 etc?

[klong]

I'm an x4 owner and I know what kind of sound I can get with the preamps and plugins. How close does a solo get? I know it has some different components and bus power. Wondering how much of a sonic compromise there is. Primarily for acoustic guitar and vocals. I undersand the DSP limitations of a single core. Mostly wondering about the Unison/Preamp quality in the smaller interfaces.

 

[UniversalAudio]

Twin X and x4 are identical.

Solo has the same preamps, so it's the conversion that is the only difference.

 

[klong]

Twin X and x4 are identical.

Solo has the same preamps, so it's the conversion that is the only difference.

Thanks. I was sortof wondering if the bus powered nature of it affected headroom or SNR, as is often the case with lower power devices from what I've read.

 

[UniversalAudio]

Thanks. I was sortof wondering if the bus powered nature of it affected headroom or SNR, as is often the case with lower power devices from what I've read.

Since it uses different converters, it's hard to attribute the changes to that variable I'm afraid.