Both are audio interfaces, $809 against $1300. This page puts them side by side on the only three things a maker can be held to — power, output impedance and noise — and then asks the question that actually matters: which headphones do they treat differently?
The Audient iD48 reaches 100 dB on 566 of the 567 models here, the Audient iD44 MkII on 565.
| Specification | Audient iD44 MkII | Audient iD48 |
|---|---|---|
| Power into 32Ω | 190 mW | 528 mW |
| Power into 150Ω | 40 mW | 265 mW |
| Power into 300Ω | 42 mW | 168 mW |
| Power into 600Ω | 54 mW | 126 mW |
| Output impedance | 50 Ω | 50 Ω |
| Output noise | not published | not published |
| Price | $809 | $1300 |
| Headphones it reaches 100 dB on out of 567 | 565 | 566 |
A figure marked not published is missing from the maker’s own material, which is not the same as being good or bad. Where one of these two publishes a number and the other does not, the comparison on that axis cannot be made at all — and saying so is more useful than guessing.
1 headphone reaches 100 dB on the Audient iD48 but not on the Audient iD44 MkII — Moondrop PARA.
565 of the 567 models here reach 100 dB on both. That is a power count and nothing more; whether either source suits a given headphone also depends on the two lines above.
Each has a page of its own with every power figure traced to what the maker published and a full headphone list: Audient iD44 MkII and Audient iD48. Or put either against your own headphones in the source comparison tool.