UR-RT2 Interface with Rupert Neve Designs Transformers

This is pure quality and the tone is amazing I have had many interfaces laya, gina, behringer hd but this is built so well and sounds so good I had to say something

I needed an interface for high quality vocal recordings and the Steinburg UR-RT2 works like a charm. I have a Shure PG58 which is not the best microphone but the interface made a huge difference. The sound quality is podcast/radio ready. Love it!

I thought this would be an interesting DAC to test since it had the Neve preamps. I have the latest Scarlett Gen 3 as well which I have dedicated to decoding high def music. I was looking for something to input instruments ( via DI box and also using the front Hi-Z input). The Neve preamps are very nicely integrated into the physical package and the quality is excellent. The main output was just a bit too sterile and digital - I don't hear the same warmth of the transformer that I get from products like Black Lion Audio or Warm Audio. Overall I would give the sound quality a 4. The real pain comes in the software install. When I saw Yamaha was involved I started to get nervous. I've had nothing but bad luck installing the necessary things on OSX to get some Yamaha products to work. And the Steinberg software is not much better. This is the first time it took way me more than necessary to implement and install (this is DAC #14 in my collection - I test and compare and use them for various music instrument purposes). Back and forth with the different sheets and codes - and it really ended up that I had to do some direct downloads to fix the problems. This is NOT acceptable in today's environment. And the the totally silly eLicense software requirement. After hours I still could not get the VTS plugins to work so I just removed them. And a message to Steinberg - if you are going to shove the eLicense software in our face - then at least integrate it into your special Steinberg download assistant so you can download the right version. Talk to Native Instruments and look at their software - they do it right.

Had a cheap Behringer interface before this. Had to pick up my jaw off the floor after plugging this in and running sound through it. I was missing so much! Love the Neve transistors. The tone is GOLD.

Just didn’t work as easily or effectively as my cheap UA volt. I was hoping it would sound better for my sennheiser hd6xx headphones but it almost blew them up. Some weird distortion intermittently screaming in my ears. No issues with the UA and drivers all were updated

Look no further, just grab it while you can. Sound quality is on the money. Pair this with a pair of Yamaha reference monitors and you're good to go!

Thank you for the item! It looks great!

Setup with all their security was extremely complex compared to the competition. I respect Rubert Neve (who I have met) but Steinberg has made the setup and operation difficult. I returned it for another product. I own other Neve products but they are not sold by Steinberg and work really well.

Esperaba un buen producto, pero supero por mucho mis espectativas. Va la reseña para los que conocen un poco de interfaces y estan buscando algo especifico, para los que solo buscan una buena interfaz de audio para grabar podcast o cosas por el estilo creo que recomendaría algo como la Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 o Scarlett Solo, ambas muy buenas interfaces, pero para quien busca buenos convertidores y buenos preamps a un buen precio para grabar musica, hacer doblaje, etc.. esta es la indicada, aqui mis puntos. 1. Versatilidad. Se conecta via USB 2 , lo cuales muy bueno, pues a diferenia del video la transferencia de datos no necesita ser tan rapida y al ser USB 2 es TOTALMENTE compatible con todas las computadoras, a diferencia de la Apollo Twin de UA o la Arrow ( que eran mis primeras opciones y son muy buenas interfaces ) al ser Thunderbolt 2 y 3 respectivamente, no son compatibles con muchos sistemas aun con adaptadores (documentado en su pagina). 2. Convertidores. Mi anterior interfaz era una Apogee Symphony MK1, los que saben del tema, saben que Apogee posee excelentes convertidores, asi es que dude el que algo mas pequeño me llenara el oido y o Dios estaba equivocado, esta interfaz lo hizo, los convertidores son cristalinos y el rango dinamico increible. 3. Pre Amps. Los pre amps son uno de sus buenos puntos pues suenan extremadamente limpios pero con caracter, peeeero ademas cuentan con transformadores del diseño de Rupert Neve, y sip, suenan a Neve, como lo se, porque poseo una gama amplia de pre amplificadores, entre los cuales tengo 2 1272 y 2 88R y el sonido es muy caracteristico. Pero para aquellos que tambien cuenten con periferia externa, las entradas traseras (2) cubren la necesidad de poder utilizar nuestra colección de fierros externos. (Lo cual aplica también en la versatilidad). 4. Construcción. El chasis es metalico, y cada botón se siente robusto, lo cual da la sensación de un producto mucho mas caro. 5. Precio. Inmejorable, pague alrededor de $7800 Pesos Mexicanos, lo cual me parece un excelente precio de acuerdo a la calidad tanto de sonido como de construcción. En general la recomiendo ampliamente y he de mencionar que no la tenia contemplada dentro de la lista de interfaces que estaba considerando, yo esperaba gastar entre 15 y 20k y el encontrar algo de esta calidad a este precio me parecio fantastico. Ampliamente recomendable si necesitan algo que suene increible.

Best interface I have owned and I have owned more than my far share.

Tiene muy buenos convertidores A/D, en cuanto a calidad de audio me encanta ,solamente batallo para activar el+48 , no me encanta que esté en la parte de atrás pero ,nada que reprochar , es excelente en su tipo. Lo recomiendo al 100%

Otorga una nitidez extraordinaria, al menos para la voz hablada. En combinación con un micro Rode Nt2-a, el resultado es grandioso para locución comercial profesional.