Both are audio interfaces, $219 against $210. 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 MOTU M2 reaches 100 dB on 565 of the 567 models here, the Roland Rubix22 on 542.
| Specification | MOTU M2 | Roland Rubix22 |
|---|---|---|
| Power into 32Ω | 333 mW | 19 mW |
| Power into 150Ω | 71 mW | 15 mW |
| Power into 300Ω | 36 mW | 9.4 mW |
| Power into 600Ω | 18 mW | 5.4 mW |
| Output impedance | not published | 47 Ω |
| Output noise | not published | not published |
| Price | $219 | $210 |
| Headphones it reaches 100 dB on out of 567 | 565 | 542 |
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.
23 headphones reach 100 dB on the MOTU M2 but not on the Roland Rubix22 — Audeze LCD-5, Dan Clark Audio AEON 2 Closed, Dan Clark Audio AEON 2 Noire, 20 more.
542 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: MOTU M2 and Roland Rubix22. Or put either against your own headphones in the source comparison tool.