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Yeah not sure what I was looking atPossibly you just copied marketing just changed from the AK4493 version. As I wrote to @JimmyBuckets in post above the specs seems the same between v2 and v3.
Yeah not sure what I was looking atPossibly you just copied marketing just changed from the AK4493 version. As I wrote to @JimmyBuckets in post above the specs seems the same between v2 and v3.
I adjusted my output level to give me maximum output range for the levels l like to listen at. Giving me the finest amount of adjustment around the volume I usually listen.
I adjusted the volume on my main system to around 10 o'clock. With music playing, I starting with the volume at zero on the rme. Then just turned it up to slightly higher then what I normally comfortably listen at. Then I locked the output on the rme. In my situation it was more important to have a lot of range and fine adjustment when turning it down, more so then max volume level. I tweaked it a little more but that was basically my method. Hope that helps.How did you do this specifically?
Thanks. I still wonder if there is a ’textbook answer’ to this question. I need to read the manual what is ADI’s line out volume level when set purely to a DAC mode bypassing the volume control.
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That being said, do you guys like the headphone amp in the ADI-2 DAC? On another forum, I learned that virtually no one uses it and they all use external amps.
I have had three different versions of the RME ADI-2 DAC and the V2 version is little more powerful (see measurements here on ASR for confirmation) than the previous versions, but the amplifier is great as long as you don't have something like a Susvara or Abyss 1266 TC etc. As they need more power. My Hifiman Arya V2 are not very efficient and the RME has room to spare with those. Even with heavy EQ. I have compared the RME amplifier side by side with several other amps I have owned including: THX 887, THX 789, THX788 DAC/AMP, SP200 and JDS Labs Element 2 DAC/AMP. All of these, except the JDS Labs have much more power, but from a sound quality aspect the RME is as good or better than any of them. In fact for my preferences, I prefer the RME sound over all of them, except maybe the JDS & SP200. The 788, 789 & 887 sound a little 'thin' in comparison. Not bad just the notes in the RME have a little more heft to them. The SP200 has perhaps a little better bass than the RME and the JDS sound identical to the RME, I cannot tell them apart when using the RME as a DAC. However the DAC in the RME is better than the JDS. In summary: Unless you want the sound 'colored' (less clean) or thinner (maybe more 'airy' with less bass emphasis), or you need more power, the RME amplifier is very good.Thank you so much @chips666 for the above guidance. I was trying to find this info and glad you provide such clear steps.
Apologies if this has been asked (still reading through 59 pages here): How does everyone feel about the amp section of the ADI-2 DAC? In hi-power mode, it seems to drive my ZMF Verite Open & Auteur headphones just fine. I think measurement data support the proper handling of the 300 Ohm headphones. That being said, do you guys like the headphone amp in the ADI-2 DAC? On another forum, I learned that virtually no one uses it and they all use external amps.
I own the ADI-2 PRO fs and use its headphone amp daily with different headphones (DT990pro, K371, HD800). Using a separate amp makes no sense qualitywise. AFAIR @MC_RME once wrote in a posting why that's the case.Apologies if this has been asked (still reading through 59 pages here): How does everyone feel about the amp section of the ADI-2 DAC? In hi-power mode, it seems to drive my ZMF Verite Open & Auteur headphones just fine. I think measurement data support the proper handling of the 300 Ohm headphones. That being said, do you guys like the headphone amp in the ADI-2 DAC? On another forum, I learned that virtually no one uses it and they all use external amps.
THX789 is sitting rarely ever getting use after a groundloop solved itself one day. If sound quality is what youre looking for, the amp in the RME is good enough for basically every headphone out there. I personally use HD6XX on it, and a bunch of IEMs. I dont come close to using its maximum output.Thank you so much @chips666 for the above guidance. I was trying to find this info and glad you provide such clear steps.
Apologies if this has been asked (still reading through 59 pages here): How does everyone feel about the amp section of the ADI-2 DAC? In hi-power mode, it seems to drive my ZMF Verite Open & Auteur headphones just fine. I think measurement data support the proper handling of the 300 Ohm headphones. That being said, do you guys like the headphone amp in the ADI-2 DAC? On another forum, I learned that virtually no one uses it and they all use external amps.
Yeah, and this is simple and obvious: With any external amp you hardly get the shortest and cleanest possible electric path. Straight from the DAC chip to the headphone amp with nothing unneccesary in between. And the headphone amp is excellent by itself besides the direct connection advantage.Using a separate amp makes no sense qualitywise.
I am not a big headphone user but if I do listen to headphones I use the ADI-2 Pro I have. I would say it is audibly transparent as long as the 'phones are efficient enough for it to have ebough power.Thank you so much @chips666 for the above guidance. I was trying to find this info and glad you provide such clear steps.
Apologies if this has been asked (still reading through 59 pages here): How does everyone feel about the amp section of the ADI-2 DAC? In hi-power mode, it seems to drive my ZMF Verite Open & Auteur headphones just fine. I think measurement data support the proper handling of the 300 Ohm headphones. That being said, do you guys like the headphone amp in the ADI-2 DAC? On another forum, I learned that virtually no one uses it and they all use external amps.
I'm a noone too. Sometimes I get quite puzzled for what people can get to say out there, like if it was some fashion nonsense....I learned that virtually no one uses it and they all use external amps...
Thank you so much @chips666 On another forum, I learned that virtually no one uses it and they all use external amps.
Guess I'll die then ...I learned that virtually no one uses it and they all use external amps.