[LAU] Sound quality of the Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 2nd Gen

[Fons Adriaensen]

On Sun, Jan 08, 2017 at 06:45:45PM +0100, Robin Gareus wrote:

> flat/RMS is about -61dBFS at max gain.

According to the specs EIN is -127 dBu. I assume this
is A-weighted (it doesn't say). Not really spectacular
but not a disaster either, if true.

Also according to the specs, max input without pad is
+8.5 dBu, and gain range is 50 dB. So 0 dBFS at max
gain should be -41.5 dBu at the input. 

Combining this with the given EIN, you should
measure -85.5 dBFS(A).

I guess that the -61 dBFS is even without DC filter,
a classic mistake.

Ciao,

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