UR44 vs. UR824

Steinberg Hardware UR Series
1

Im needing to know if there is a sound quality diff between these two?

I no longer need 8 mic pres and could go with the UR44 if its the SAME quality for the AD/DA

Thanks

2

I’m 90% sure the components are the same and boy do I love my UR44.

There’s also the UR242 if you don’t need all the I/O but still want the DSP.

3

I’m not aware of any major differences between the channels other than number, however Steinberg do list different input dynamic ranges for the two models (44 = 101db, 824 = 105db) the 824 also has wordclock i/o which could theoretically enable you to upgrade to a better clock signal - although I’m not aware of any reports of jitter with the UR44. The 44 also has MIDI which you could find very useful.

Sound-wise I was more than happy with my old UR44 - The pre’s were excellent and I found the onboard DSP for cue mix reverb very useful.