Before I was using the Apogee Duet 2 I was using the Line 6 Toneport KB37. Mostly everything you want to access you can access through the Duet 2’s silver dial. The whole device is very well built with a very sturdy casing.
Also the ease of setting the gain with the large silver dial, which is also very well built.
When I first tested the Apogee Duet 2 I was blown away with the pristine quality. It also comes with a breakout cable, which splits out to two XLR female jacks and two instrument cables (XLR/JACK). It doesn’t come with a CD but a program downloaded from their website called Apogee Maestro 2 needs to be installed. The Apogee Duet 2 is simple and very quick to set-up.