Focusrite Vocaster Two vs Steinberg UR22C

Both are audio interfaces, $250 against $199. 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 Focusrite Vocaster Two reaches 100 dB on 550 of the 567 models here, the Steinberg UR22C on 512.

Every published figure, next to each other

SpecificationFocusrite Vocaster TwoSteinberg UR22C
Power into 32Ω27 mW12 mW
Power into 150Ω10 mW4.0 mW
Power into 300Ω7.7 mW2.0 mW
Power into 600Ω3.8 mW1.0 mW
Output impedancenot publishednot published
Output noisenot publishednot published
Price$250$199
Headphones it reaches 100 dB on
out of 567
550512

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.

The headphones that tell them apart

38 headphones reach 100 dB on the Focusrite Vocaster Two but not on the Steinberg UR22C — AKG K612 Pro, Abyss AB-1266 Phi CC, Abyss AB-1266 Phi TC, 35 more.

512 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.

Both pages in full

Each has a page of its own with every power figure traced to what the maker published and a full headphone list: Focusrite Vocaster Two and Steinberg UR22C. Or put either against your own headphones in the source comparison tool.