I use my Adam a7x monitors most of the time, but I just started using my Beyer dt880 headphones with my focusrite 18i20 more recently, and I noticed if my headphones are plugged directly into the headphone jack on the front of the Kemper it sounds awesome... However, if I have the headphones plugged into the headphone jack of the focusrite the sound SUCKS. It sounds like less volume, less Dynamics, more muffled and dull and less bright.
I have the Kemper connected to the interface using SPIDF.
I checked all the settings for output, headphones etc that I read in similar posts on here, I don't see a problem or any real change with any of that.
Does the Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 just suck??? Is that the problem?
Is the Focusrite not powerful enough for the headphones I use? Is the quality of the headphones converters etc in the Focusrite poor???
Would buying a Antelope Audio Pure 2, or, buying a UAD Apollo Quad fix my problem???
And if so, then which is best between the antelope and uad racks?
I only record direct with the Kemper and with soft synths, I don't need the other inputs.