Wow! What a difference! So I do two things with music, listen out of my love for it, and write it although I'm fairly new to this latter thing!My laptop is powerful, but the sound on it was always very bad. I clicked install, it did its' thing and after a restart everything worked well with no further fiddling.TL DRPros- Solid feeling construction and knobs- Nice to look at- Well functioning internals- Clear inputs- Quality headphone amplifierCons- Not plug n' play- uh, it won't make me sandwiches? That being said, I had no issues with the driver. You must install the drivers before windows will even acknowledge that it exists.
The live monitoring works well.My AT-2020 sounds clear and crisp when plugged into the 2i4, noticeably clearer than the old M-Track.Things to note:This is NOT plug and play. The pad and phantom voltage buttons illuminate red when activated and feel solid (notice a theme?)The headphone amplifier is good enough to drive my 250ohm DT770 Pros with no additional amplification and no noticeable difference over a dedicated amp/dac.
The knobs feel solid and have just enough resistance for my taste. The housing is made of brushed aluminum and looks very nice on the desk. I purchased this as a replacement for my M-Audio M Track (Piece of s***, don't get one) which had issues far too numerous to list here.Out of the box it has a solid feel.
