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what's up guys it's Lou from unbox therapy and today we're taking a look at the duet 2 from Apogee if you're unfamiliar with that brand or this product what you're looking at is a two in four out USB audio interface but this is a very high quality one it will take your microphone signal like the one I'm talking into right now or an instrument signal and turn it into a high quality professional digital recording that you can use for music or for voiceovers or for pretty much anything you would use audio on the internet or on your computer for it's also very portable you can take your studio with you and part of that reason is because it uses a breakout cable for all your connectivity the breakout cable features XLR inputs as well as traditional quarter-inch inputs for things like electric guitars or other instruments so it's actually quite flexible most of your ports are on the back of the device but there is a headphone port on the front I'll give you a closer look at those as we move forward in this unboxing the very first thing you'll notice when you open up your duet 2 is just how substantial the device is it's nice and hefty and it feels very very sturdy underneath the duet 2 is where you'll find all of the other important components starting with as mentioned earlier this breakout cable this is what's going to allow you to input all of your different devices you have two XLR ports on your balanced connectors as well as to traditional quarter-inch connectors as well so there's a little bit of flexibility there you can in put microphones guitars and a number of different devices that output analog audio of course the intention here is to turn that analog audio into a very high quality recording I've been a fan of Apogee devices for a long long time in fact right now I'm speaking into the Apogee one which Believe It or Not was my very first unboxing video but trust me you don't want to go back and listen to that or watch that video right now because it is nowhere near the quality of my videos right now at least in my opinion you've also got this proprietary connector this is what is going to connect this cable to the actual duet 2 device if you're interested in pricing and availability on this interface make sure to check out the description I will have a link down there in terms of the unboxing you've also got a USB cable that's important that's how the inter face talks to your laptop or desktop or whatever computer you're going to be using and the last item inside of the box is your power adapter this is pretty obvious what this is for although it does include some international tips so depending on where you are in the world you're still going to be operational I'm going to go ahead and install the North American tip you've also got this little velcro strap I assume this is for cable management if you're not using some of those other connectors you could probably use this to keep it from tangling here you can see an ad for an accessory this is the breakout box for this device I'm not going to go into too much detail about that but it essentially allows for you to have a more permanent installation if you're not using this thing portably lastly you have the user manual and that's about it besides the main device which I'll get into right here one thing I do want to mention at this point guys is I started up a second channel it's called uncut therapy kind of like unbox therapy but a little bit different so if you want to check it out and you want to check out videos in there uncut unboxing format I don't really know another way to describe it then you can head over there right now put a link down in the description and you can take a look at that it's really just for people who want to see the raw footage the raw unboxing footage as it is you have that option now checking out my second channel uncut therapy so there's a link down below you can subscribe if you're into that kind of stuff otherwise you just keep watching over here no big deal so anyways here's the device and as I said earlier it's like this solid slab of aluminum so it's really really sturdy and it feels like a very high quality component right at home beside a macbook pro or something like that on the back you could see your port for power the proprietary IO port as well as the USB port for transmitting data between of course your device and your laptop or desktop and then on the other side is where you'll find your headphone connector this is a quarter-inch connector so if you've got a standard set of headphones with a 3.5 million II Dan adapter in order to take advantage of that but if you've got like pro gear Pro headphones and they very well might have a quarter inch connector natively anyway guys that wraps up this unboxing video if you enjoyed it please remember to leave a thumbs up down below thanks as always for watching and I'll catch you on the next one later