Arturia AudioFuse Rev2 vs Audient iD24

Short answer

  • More power: the Arturia AudioFuse Rev2, with 187 mW into 32 Ω; the Audient iD24 has 119 mW. The Arturia AudioFuse Rev2 drives 3 headphones to 100 dB that the Audient iD24 cannot (Moondrop COSMO, Symphonium Helios, Symphonium Zenith).
  • Hiss with sensitive IEMs: cannot be compared — neither maker publishes a noise figure.
  • Output impedance: 16 headphones are left alone by the Arturia AudioFuse Rev2 under the one-eighth rule but coloured by the Audient iD24 (FiiO FT3 (350Ω), Sennheiser HD 600, Sennheiser HD 650, 13 more).
  • Price: the same, $599.

Both are audio interfaces, both at $599.

The Arturia AudioFuse Rev2 reaches 100 dB on 564 of the 567 models here, the Audient iD24 on 561.

Every published figure, next to each other

SpecificationArturia AudioFuse Rev2Audient iD24
Power into 32Ω187 mW119 mW
Power into 150Ω40 mW80 mW
Power into 300Ω20 mW58 mW
Power into 600Ω10.0 mW52 mW
Output impedance33 Ω50 Ω
Output noisenot publishednot published
Price$599$599
Headphones it reaches 100 dB on
out of 567
564561

Not published means the maker leaves it out, so that axis cannot be compared.

Where each power figure comes from

LoadArturia AudioFuse Rev2Audient iD24
32 ΩUpper boundDerived
150 ΩUpper boundDerived
300 ΩUpper boundDerived
600 ΩUpper boundRecomputed

Neither column is a power rating, and the two are not even weak in the same way. The Arturia AudioFuse Rev2 figures are ceilings worked out from a maximum output voltage, on the assumption that the amplifier holds it into the load. The Audient iD24 figures are worked out from figures its maker did publish — power at other loads, or the voltage printed beside it. The second method understates; the first flatters. That is the wrong way round for reading the table straight across, so a gap in favour of the Arturia AudioFuse Rev2 is the one to doubt.

What the labels mean.

The headphones that tell them apart

3 headphones reach 100 dB on the Arturia AudioFuse Rev2 but not on the Audient iD24 — Moondrop COSMO, Symphonium Helios, Symphonium Zenith.

16 headphones are left alone by the Arturia AudioFuse Rev2 under the one-eighth rule but coloured by the Audient iD24 (FiiO FT3 (350Ω), Sennheiser HD 600, Sennheiser HD 650, 13 more).

561 of the 567 models here reach 100 dB on both.

Headroom and hiss on 8 models, both sources

Headroom is at a 100 dB SPL peak.

The widest gap on the list is the Audio-Technica ATH-R70X: Audient iD24 has +15 dB of headroom there against +9 dB. 6 dB is about 4.1 times the power, which matters for peaks rather than for how loud the music sits.

The hiss columns are empty for Arturia AudioFuse Rev2 and Audient iD24 because neither maker publishes no output noise figure.

HeadphoneImpedanceNeedsArturia AudioFuse Rev2 headroomAudient iD24 headroomArturia AudioFuse Rev2 hissAudient iD24 hiss
Shure SE8469 Ω0.04 mW+31 dB damping+29 dB dampingnot publishednot published
Campfire Audio Andromeda 20209 Ω4.0 mW+11 dB damping+9 dB dampingnot publishednot published
Audeze LCD-2 Classic70 Ω0.79 mW+20 dB damping+22 dB dampingnot publishednot published
Beyerdynamic DT 1990 Pro (250Ω)250 Ω0.63 mW+16 dB damping+20 dB dampingnot publishednot published
HiFiMAN HE400se25 Ω7.9 mW+13 dB damping+11 dB dampingnot publishednot published
Audio-Technica ATH-R70X470 Ω1.6 mW+9 dB+15 dBnot publishednot published
Sennheiser HD 600300 Ω6.6 mW+5 dB+9 dB dampingnot publishednot published
HiFiMAN Susvara60 Ω50 mW+3 dB damping+5 dB dampingnot publishednot published

The gap in dollars, against the gap in numbers

These two cost the same, $599, so price settles nothing. Out of the 567 models here, the Arturia AudioFuse Rev2 drives 3 models to 100 dB and leaves 16 alone under the one-eighth rule — and on the other side there is no such advantage at all.

Only published figures count here; blank axes are counted separately.

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