Universal Audio Apollo Twin X DUO Thunderbolt 3 Audio Interface, (APLTWXD)

Obviously, you need to have certain requirements before considering buying an Apollo and once you are there, the market is divided by very few players, like UA, RME, Avid, and PreSonus, and you can certainly expect top-notch AD conversion from any of these. However, when it comes to value for money, an Apollo X is a steal. You get about the same 32 Bit AD DAC circuit used in much more expensive studio gear that easily sells for double or triple the price of an Apollo X. Beyond the pristine audio quality, the UA plugins are, well, UA plugins. I don't even know what I would do without the Neve 1073 let alone the SSL400 or any of the other channel strip plugins. Let's face it, either you have the all money for the expensive studio gear or you get an Apollo X. Yes, you need proper cables for the Apollo and for sure it makes a meaningful and audible difference, and yes Windows 10 is certainly less than stellar for Audio, and yes, UA could certainly include a Thunderbolt cable in the box, but you know what, the Apollo X is still an amazing piece of hardware and I would buy it any given day because the value and audio quality you get at that price level is just unbelievable. When you listen to the plain output for the first time, you may get a bit underwhelmed; However, just add any of the Chanel strips, a parametric EQ, or whatever plugins suit you and adjust whatever enhances the sound at hand and you will have a hard time to go back to anything less than what the Apollo X produces. Apollo X truly means high-end studio quality in a small and affordable form factor.

Es la interface por excelencia, mejor que Motu, Scarlett, tal vez a la par de Apogee y Antelope. Los preamps son ultra transparentes para dejar que los UAD’s hagan su trabajo. Al ser Thunderbolt 3, maneja un voltaje muy alto y se debe seguir el protocolo de encendido y apagado correcto para no dañar el puerto en la Apollo o en la Mac. La desventaja es el costo de los Plug-ins de UA, si buscas ofertas te compras uno por lo que en Waves comprarías 3 o 4.

It came so quickly! This is just so BOMB, it makes your cheap microphone sound like if it was the big deal. Helps a lot when you stacking a shitload of voices on your mix. + i no longer need to add an imager plugin on my master when i want to mix my in mono since they already offer the option on the interface. Also, the customer service is on point, they helped me registered my product because i couldn't do it automatically with my laptop! Worth every freaking penny dude. If you hesitate, just buy it.

Purchased it few days back.Received the package in good condition.The box looked fine with proper seal intact.Connected it to my macbook pro with studio monitors TRS cables plugged in for monitoring.It was performing fine. But as I plugged in the XLR cable into the port given at the back the speakers started giving loud hissing noise. And as I turn on the 48V phantom power the hiss was even louder say about 5db. Same happened with the second XLR port. I checked with XLR cables 1 from Hawk and 2 from Neutrix(sonic plumber) There is definitely defect in the XLR ports,maybe some sort of current leakage within the body of apollo twin X I received.

Stunning interface. I’m so pleased that I switched to universal audio