Happen to be in the market for a Linux compatible budget interface that doesn’t suck? Let’s travel back to 2007 and grab what could possibly be one of the best values on the market.
That’s right, we’re taking a look at the Digidesign Mbox 2 Mini.
Jackbox: System specs
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 1700 | ||
| RAM | Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB | ||
| Motherboard | MSI B350 Tomahawk | ||
| GPU | Nvidia NVS 300 | ||
| SSD | Samsung 840 | ||
| PSU: | EVGA 600 B1 | ||
| Firewire: | Syba SY-PEX30016 | ||
| Network: | Intel i350-T4 | ||
| OS: | Debian Buster | ||
| Kernel: | 4.19.0-8-rt-amd64 | ||
| Desktop: | XFCE 4.12 | ||
Digidesign Mbox 2 Mini: Round-trip latency @44100 Hz
Digidesign Mbox 2 Mini: Round-trip latency @4800HZ
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Digidesign Mbox 2 Mini
Works out of the box
Ease of setup
Stability
Build quality
Pros
Jack support
Pulseaudio support
52Db of gain
USB powered
Cons
Max 48K sample rate
No mono switch for monitoring
Limited to 64 frames [buffer]
