Arturia AudioFuse Rev2 vs Universal Audio Volt 476P

Short answer

  • More power: the Arturia AudioFuse Rev2, with 187 mW into 32 Ω; the Universal Audio Volt 476P has 84 mW. The Arturia AudioFuse Rev2 drives 6 headphones to 100 dB that the Universal Audio Volt 476P cannot (Moondrop COSMO, Moondrop PARA 2, Moondrop VENUS, 3 more).
  • Hiss with sensitive IEMs: cannot be compared — neither maker publishes a noise figure.
  • Price: the Arturia AudioFuse Rev2 costs $10 more; what that buys on these numbers is set out further down, under What the price difference buys.

Both are audio interfaces, $599 against $589.

The Arturia AudioFuse Rev2 reaches 100 dB on 564 of the 567 models here, the Universal Audio Volt 476P on 558.

Every published figure, next to each other

SpecificationArturia AudioFuse Rev2Universal Audio Volt 476P
Power into 32Ω187 mW84 mW
Power into 150Ω40 mW28 mW
Power into 300Ω20 mW22 mW
Power into 600Ω10.0 mW12 mW
Output impedance33 Ωnot published
Output noisenot publishednot published
Price$599$589
Headphones it reaches 100 dB on
out of 567
564558

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

Where each power figure comes from

LoadArturia AudioFuse Rev2Universal Audio Volt 476P
32 ΩUpper boundPublished
150 ΩUpper boundDerived
300 ΩUpper boundPublished
600 ΩUpper boundPublished

These two columns are not the same kind of number, and that matters more than the gap between them. Universal Audio Volt 476P publishes a power rating (at 32 Ω, at 300 Ω and at 600 Ω); Arturia AudioFuse Rev2 publishes no power figure at any load, only a maximum output voltage, so every milliwatt in its column is a ceiling worked out from that voltage.

A ceiling assumes the amplifier holds that voltage into the load, and nothing on Arturia AudioFuse Rev2’s own sheet says it does. It is the most flattering reading available, and it is used here only because the alternative is a blank. Where the Arturia AudioFuse Rev2 column looks the stronger of the two, treat the difference as unproven rather than measured. 24 of the 280 sources here are in that position, with no published power rating at any load.

What the labels mean.

The headphones that tell them apart

6 headphones reach 100 dB on the Arturia AudioFuse Rev2 but not on the Universal Audio Volt 476P — Moondrop COSMO, Moondrop PARA 2, Moondrop VENUS, 3 more.

558 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 Shure SE846: Arturia AudioFuse Rev2 has +31 dB of headroom there against +28 dB. 3 dB is about 2.2 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 Universal Audio Volt 476P because neither maker publishes no output noise figure.

HeadphoneImpedanceNeedsArturia AudioFuse Rev2 headroomUniversal Audio Volt 476P headroomArturia AudioFuse Rev2 hissUniversal Audio Volt 476P hiss
Shure SE8469 Ω0.04 mW+31 dB damping+28 dBnot publishednot published
Campfire Audio Andromeda 20209 Ω4.0 mW+11 dB damping+8 dBnot publishednot published
Audeze LCD-2 Classic70 Ω0.79 mW+20 dB damping+18 dBnot publishednot published
Beyerdynamic DT 1990 Pro (250Ω)250 Ω0.63 mW+16 dB damping+16 dBnot publishednot published
HiFiMAN HE400se25 Ω7.9 mW+13 dB damping+9 dBnot publishednot published
Audio-Technica ATH-R70X470 Ω1.6 mW+9 dB+10 dBnot publishednot published
Sennheiser HD 600300 Ω6.6 mW+5 dB+5 dBnot publishednot published
HiFiMAN Susvara60 Ω50 mW+3 dB damping+0 dBnot publishednot published

The gap in dollars, against the gap in numbers

The Arturia AudioFuse Rev2 costs $10 more than the Universal Audio Volt 476P. Out of the 567 models here, that difference buys 6 more models driven to 100 dB.

Nothing runs the other way: there is no axis here on which the cheaper of the two does better.

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

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