The remote protocol is open and based on MIDI. It is possible to develop an Android version, but I am not aware if it exists yet.
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RME ADI-2 FS Version 2 DAC and Headphone Amp Review
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Now that is more like the information I was looking for, assumed it must exist somehow. Thanks!
There is an app for PC and Mac I believe. I use the PC version (connected via USB) and it allows you to adjust settings on the RME ADI-2 via the computer app, including keying in or copying and pasting in PEQ settings, which is much easier and has been a huge time saver for me.
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@amirm, could I ask you for a favour. The next time you test a DAC, and it has multiple digital inputs, would you mind testing both synchronous and asynchronous inputs to see if jitter is higher in one input or another? I have a guy who is insisting that jitter through SPDIF/Optical is audible. He is obviously wrong, but I don't have proof of it. I would suspect that jitter would be very slightly worse in this particular DAC, but not so bad that it would be audible. It might also be helpful to check how sensitive the DAC is to jittered input via SPDIF/Optical if you have the capability to do such a test. Much appreciated!
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Agreed,
currently using a bundle ADI-2 fs (the ADC/DAC base model w SPDIF/Toslink only) and Hifime S2 Digi bidirectional USB/Toslink adapter - for playback and recording.
Important advantages:
- best price for functionality
- full electrical isolation between digital and analog (no ground loops, digital noise, Smart Phone radiation - works w Android!)
- of course best jitter specs
@amirm , eventually a nice combo to test...
currently using a bundle ADI-2 fs (the ADC/DAC base model w SPDIF/Toslink only) and Hifime S2 Digi bidirectional USB/Toslink adapter - for playback and recording.
Important advantages:
- best price for functionality
- full electrical isolation between digital and analog (no ground loops, digital noise, Smart Phone radiation - works w Android!)
- of course best jitter specs
@amirm , eventually a nice combo to test...
Thanks for the tip, you just made me order an S2, exactly what I have been looking for !
Hey, just got the RME ADI-2 DA FS Version C. I wanted to setup up the XLR lineup for a McIntosh MA7900 Intergrated Amp. I did find on this forum the
recommend settings of "4Vrms XLR / 2Vrms RCA for ADI-2 DAC FS is done at +13dBu Ref Level, -4.5dB Volume." I also set the volume "Lock" function and Auto Ref to Off.
I did test a set of headphone on the Mac and they did not go up in smoke. LOL. The only thing that was not clear was the setting for Auto Ref. I think I read both to turn it on or it did not make a difference if Off. I did set it to Off. I assume using the Volume Lock would basically never let it change the ref levels anyway at -4.5dB. But not sure...
Just want to confirm I did not miss anything. If anyone has any comments/recommedations, it would be appreciated.
BTW, still playing with all the new features coming from a SMSL DO300 using WiiM Pro. Very impressed. I think it is a bargain once I got over the RME not having as good as a SINAD as the DO300. But the Auto Ref, for at least headphone, makes it "actually" a better SINAD at my normal listening levels and one gets all the features of the RME.
recommend settings of "4Vrms XLR / 2Vrms RCA for ADI-2 DAC FS is done at +13dBu Ref Level, -4.5dB Volume." I also set the volume "Lock" function and Auto Ref to Off.
I did test a set of headphone on the Mac and they did not go up in smoke. LOL. The only thing that was not clear was the setting for Auto Ref. I think I read both to turn it on or it did not make a difference if Off. I did set it to Off. I assume using the Volume Lock would basically never let it change the ref levels anyway at -4.5dB. But not sure...
Just want to confirm I did not miss anything. If anyone has any comments/recommedations, it would be appreciated.
BTW, still playing with all the new features coming from a SMSL DO300 using WiiM Pro. Very impressed. I think it is a bargain once I got over the RME not having as good as a SINAD as the DO300. But the Auto Ref, for at least headphone, makes it "actually" a better SINAD at my normal listening levels and one gets all the features of the RME.
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eliash
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Don't forget to download and install their ASIO driver...in case of PC as source...
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Cheers for that. Not sure I'll bother changing any settings but will take a look. The dials and menus on the front of the unit aren't very user friendly so I'm sure this would be heaps easier!
Hi, I own an ADI-2 DAC FS! I really would like to have an Android or Windows App to be able to edit, copy and delete settings - in particular the PEQ- which is a great feature but really tedious set up on the DAC itself.
Due to your remark, I have been searching the RME site for such an app - without success! What I found were software downloads for Windows
- app that allows to update the firmware via USB connected to a Windows host
- some developer tool to modify the functionalities of 2nd gen remote for this DAC
- If you have more and/or better information please let me know, so thanks in advance!
- When I'm travelling, I use this tiny Qudelix DAC connected to my smartphone. Qudelix have issued a Android App and Chrome Plugin, and I really wished that RME had a look at that - basically all settings incl. PEQ can be handled from there!. RME, please have a look!!
- For a while I also had an E1DA DAC which also has an Android App to manage all settings incl. PEQ. It is even better than the QUDELIX Android App. RME, please have look
- I think, what I really dreaming about is an RME DAC :
- using a big screen interface similar to the Eversolo DMP-A8 (as the Eversolo is basically an Android player that seems to to bypass the Android Audio Engine similar to UAPP - that may be not an option to RME, who may to stay clear of any OS other than their own! )
- Roon Ready
- HQPlayer NAA Protocol
- Smartphone/Windows App to edit all relevant settings.
Well there you are...... me daydreaming
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Some of these things you want is allready available. Others will never be. A Quedelix-like apps needs bluetooth, and ADI-2 do not have that. If you want something like Eversolo and ROON-ready, well then you want a streamer and ADI is not a streamer. I very much doubt RME will ever produce a streamer.
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Regarding no 1 . That's what the windows /Mac/iPad remote does . https://forum.rme-audio.de/viewtopic.php?pid=214106#p214106
3 , keep dreaming
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Am I correct in thinking this can say send full range via XLR, and simultaneously send a signal to subwoofer and high pass mains?
Was going to go powered monitors, but heard the one's I was tempted by and they just don't match my D.I.Y's, mainly because of the Fountek Ribbons.
So far system list is:
Amp:Apollon Monoblocks, maybe cheapest or second one up.
CD player: Sony UBP X800 Blue Ray Player.
So just trying to find a nice DAC preferably with some DSP, just in case, RME ticks that box and measures extremely nicely. If it can't do bass management though, could well go for SMSL SU9, half the price and still perfect just no DSP.
Was going to go powered monitors, but heard the one's I was tempted by and they just don't match my D.I.Y's, mainly because of the Fountek Ribbons.
So far system list is:
Amp:Apollon Monoblocks, maybe cheapest or second one up.
CD player: Sony UBP X800 Blue Ray Player.
So just trying to find a nice DAC preferably with some DSP, just in case, RME ticks that box and measures extremely nicely. If it can't do bass management though, could well go for SMSL SU9, half the price and still perfect just no DSP.
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The ADI-2 DAC has a single stereo DAC, so can only output two unique audio signals at the same time. It cannot do bass management.
If you're looking for a quality DAC with onboard bass management, then take a look at the miniDSP Flex.
It comes in six different versions with different I/O to match your use case.
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Thankyou.
Will probably just go with SMSL SU-9 instead. My speakers are fine with bass at the maximum volume I'm listening at, then run subs below 60Hz where my bookshelves start tailing off. They are sealed, so should be easier to implement.
Hi All. I'm using an ADI-2FS with Cryus One HD amp (streamer Wiim Pro) and I have a questions about fixed volume level/auto volume level in preamp mode.
So in the first time I've used the RME as dac only, volume was fixed to +7dB volume ref level and 0dB volume as per user manual to provide the approx. 2V standard output.
Later on because I wanted to try the dac as a preamp as well + use the loudness feature (Cyrus's remote is crap... not like the RME which is great) I've changed the volume level to auto ref volume and put the Cyrus in power amp mode.
There is one thing I can clearly hear that when the RME is in preamp mode the music is way less dynamic compare to the fixed volume option. I've used an external dB meter application on my iPad to make sure that I'm listening music on the same average dB level. Is it possible that the +7dB 0dB vol level already "overamplified" for the Cyrus and that's why I hear the fixed volume mode more dynamic than the RME preamp mode?
Additional note....when the volume is fixed (+7dB 0dB vol) the LR bars at the bottom are usually moving in the 85-95% region (rarely OVR), but when RME set's the volume level these bars are always in the middle.
With variable volume level on the RME the vol level I usually listening music is around -40-35dB and as far as I remember the volume ref level is on -5dB in this case, but I can double check....
If I would follow only my hearing of course I would prefer more dynamic sound because I can hear more details, speakers are pressurizing the room more, but
So in the first time I've used the RME as dac only, volume was fixed to +7dB volume ref level and 0dB volume as per user manual to provide the approx. 2V standard output.
Later on because I wanted to try the dac as a preamp as well + use the loudness feature (Cyrus's remote is crap... not like the RME which is great) I've changed the volume level to auto ref volume and put the Cyrus in power amp mode.
There is one thing I can clearly hear that when the RME is in preamp mode the music is way less dynamic compare to the fixed volume option. I've used an external dB meter application on my iPad to make sure that I'm listening music on the same average dB level. Is it possible that the +7dB 0dB vol level already "overamplified" for the Cyrus and that's why I hear the fixed volume mode more dynamic than the RME preamp mode?
Additional note....when the volume is fixed (+7dB 0dB vol) the LR bars at the bottom are usually moving in the 85-95% region (rarely OVR), but when RME set's the volume level these bars are always in the middle.
With variable volume level on the RME the vol level I usually listening music is around -40-35dB and as far as I remember the volume ref level is on -5dB in this case, but I can double check....
If I would follow only my hearing of course I would prefer more dynamic sound because I can hear more details, speakers are pressurizing the room more, but
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Interesting post as my friend inserted a Benchmark LA4 in his audio chain as he claimed the RME ADI-2 Dac FS sounded better at fixed higher output.
2 weeks ago I went to his place to listen to the various levels out from the RME via LA4: yes, I (we) could discern a difference. My experience was more focussed on an improvement of the midrange in his system and the LA4 was always in the chain during the various tests and I did not notice a change in dynamics, in his system, with his RME settings.
I’m not going to comment on the noted differences beyond what is reported in the previous paragraph.
That said I’ve added a preamp in my chain (ok) but I am looking to obtain a Schiit Kara (affordable) or Benchmark LA4 ($$$$) to my system and run my RME at higher fixed output.
I currently still use the RME for volume control in a narrow range; RME set at +13 dbu output and attenuate the signal with an analogue preamp.
I’m also thinking of using a fixed quality attenuator in the interim and ascertain any improvements; or not!
It will be interesting to follow this thread and subsequent comments.
2 weeks ago I went to his place to listen to the various levels out from the RME via LA4: yes, I (we) could discern a difference. My experience was more focussed on an improvement of the midrange in his system and the LA4 was always in the chain during the various tests and I did not notice a change in dynamics, in his system, with his RME settings.
I’m not going to comment on the noted differences beyond what is reported in the previous paragraph.
That said I’ve added a preamp in my chain (ok) but I am looking to obtain a Schiit Kara (affordable) or Benchmark LA4 ($$$$) to my system and run my RME at higher fixed output.
I currently still use the RME for volume control in a narrow range; RME set at +13 dbu output and attenuate the signal with an analogue preamp.
I’m also thinking of using a fixed quality attenuator in the interim and ascertain any improvements; or not!
It will be interesting to follow this thread and subsequent comments.
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