Behringer U-Phoria UM2 USB Audio Interface Review

Discover the recording quality of two different microphones in my Behringer budget audio interface test.
Part 2 - Unboxing ➜ (3:31min)
Part 3 - Sound Test ➜ (6:43min)
Part 4 - Summary & Conclusion ➜ (15:55min)

# Audio Gear Used #

In this test/tutorial we will look at the recording quality of an entry level Behringer USB audio interface.

First, I will connect a dynamic microphone to the mic input, the Shure SM58, then we compare that to a budget condenser mic which uses the 48V phantom power.

After listening to the sound test you will have an idea of how these two types of microphones sound when using this interface.

Next, I walk you through the recording settings that you can select with this interface. I compare these settings against my internal sound card and an old firewire interface.

Keep in mind that this interface while supporting 48kHz recordings, it does so only at 16bit, which in my testing still delivered good results.

I tested the interface both under Windows 10 and macOS Mojave, in both cases I did not install a driver, the interface was just plugged in and worked right away.

However, under Mac, I noticed that the driver seemed to output a much stronger signal, which I believe can lead to a distorted sound when listening to music with the volume turned up all the way.

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[iamhungry]

Hi, thanks for the video. So the the RCA outputs are line level? I have a 2RCA to 3.5mm lead just as you said lol, so I can plug this in to any normal stereo or soundbar with line in and it will play through properly?

[darshansharma]

When using this interface have you faced latecy issues when playing guitar and it sounds back in delayed time. Can u fix this?

[pingouinario]

i use windows my speakers are Trust 21930 Gxt4628 Thunder 2.1. I connected them with jack 3, 5 on the headphones whole of the audio interface. Is it correct? What should i do?

[anthonyyeats]

I need help im using it on my windows 10 hp laptop and when i plug my headphones into the laptop it sounds super distorted and bad

[eteres-ng]

DON´T BUY THIS CRAP.. pre amps is waaaay too noisy, also Behringer claims it has a trs input for the channel two but it is not trs balanced so you cannot connect a dynamic mix to record stereo