RME ADI-2 FS Version 2 DAC and Headphone Amp Review

[Oldson]

Have you installed the RME Driver:

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Which will install the MADIface USB driver:

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It shows up in my sound settings, like this:

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i have, and tried re-installing several times but still get the same thing in device manager.
dont know what i am doing wrong

 

[MatrixS2000]

i have, and tried re-installing several times but still get the same thing in device manager.
dont know what i am doing wrong

Do you have another computer in the home?

 

[Count Arthur]

Which version of Windows are you using?

For comparison, I'm using Windows 11 and here's what I see in Device Manager:

 

[Oldson]

Do you have another computer in the home?

unfortunately not.

have been considering a new one for some time though

 

[Oldson]

Which version of Windows are you using?

For comparison, I'm using Windows 11 and here's what I see in Device Manager:

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using windows 10, cant upgrade as my cpu is not compatible apparently

 

[Count Arthur]

using windows 10, cant upgrade as my cpu is not compatible apparently

It should work fine with Windows 10.

What do you see in Device Manager, and also System Settings?

 

[Oldson]

Which version of Windows are you using?

For comparison, I'm using Windows 11 and here's what I see in Device Manager:

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i have been looking at the wrong thing.
i was looking in "audio inputs and outputs" at the top of the list.
have now disabled both items in that line, just in case, but i have no idea what this does. (both driver tabs showed microsoft drivers)

now looking at the section you have opened "sound, video and game controllers", i have just 2 items there.
i have disabled the item "high definition audio device" (assuming this is a built in sound system on my motherboard?)
which leaves just "RME ADI2 DAC" , which does indeed show the RME driver .

i would like to show screen shots to explain what i am seeing better, but alas i have no idea how .

can i just say, i really appreciate you guys trying to help me out

 

[Count Arthur]

i have been looking at the wrong thing.
i was looking in "audio inputs and outputs" at the top of the list.
have now disabled both items in that line, just in case, but i have no idea what this does. (both driver tabs showed microsoft drivers)

now looking at the section you have opened "sound, video and game controllers", i have just 2 items there.
i have disabled the item "high definition audio device" (assuming this is a built in sound system on my motherboard?)
which leaves just "RME ADI2 DAC" , which does indeed show the RME driver .

i would like to show screen shots to explain what i am seeing better, but alas i have no idea how .

can i just say, i really appreciate you guys trying to help me out

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Incidentally, I see RME there too:

How is the DAC connected to your PC, with a USB cable?

 

[Oldson]

 

[Oldson]

the dac itself is working just fine.
the problem seems to be the Remote software does not like something about my system

 

[Count Arthur]

These are disabled:

Click on them and enable them using the button above:

 

[Oldson]

These are disabled:

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Click on them and enable them using the button above:

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i disabled these as they show microsoft drivers in their respective driver tabs.
it seems to make no difference if they are enabled or not.

 

[staticV3]

@Oldson The ADI-2 entry in the sound, video and game controllers section of the device manager showing the driver used being from RME, confirms that the driver is correctly loaded.

I think with that you can tick off the device manager and driver and focus on the issue at hand: the error message indicating a DX12 incompatibility when launching the Remote application.

 

[Oldson]

@Oldson The ADI-2 entry in the sound, video and game controllers section of the device manager showing the driver used being from RME, confirms that the driver is correctly loaded.

I think with that you can tick off the device manager and driver and focus on the issue at hand: the error message indicating a DX12 incompatibility when launching the Remote application.

my gpu is 12 years old but does support the dx12 as per RME requirements.
i am considering a cheap current gpu , to see if that sorts my issue.
would like to upgrade the whole system but funds are a little tight after buying the dac.

 

[staticV3]

my gpu is 12 years old but does support the dx12 as per RME requirements.
i am considering a cheap current gpu , to see if that sorts my issue.
would like to upgrade the whole system but funds are a little tight after buying the dac.

Is your GPU driver up to date?

Both Nvidia and AMD provide driver utilities that will check and update your drivers.

 

[Oldson]

Is your GPU driver up to date?

Both Nvidia and AMD provide driver utilities that will check and update your drivers.

currently using the driver in windows 10.

last night i downloaded and installed the latest driver and software suite from AMD but it made no difference, so i uninstalled it again

 

[MatrixS2000]

I have not used windows in a long, long time, so not sure if this will even make sense, but can you install Direct3D also? Those are the two dependencies MC called out.

 

[Oldson]

no idea but will look into it.

in the meantime can anyone comment on whether this will likely work ok..........

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its cheap and could be here tomorrow

 

[Count Arthur]

Which CPU do you have; does it have integrated graphics?

You may not need a discrete GPU.

 

[Oldson]

Which CPU do you have; does it have integrated graphics?

You may not need a discrete GPU.

its an old i5 , has intel 2500 graphics.
only supports directx11 and not fully, from what i just read