Hi AmirYou are welcome. I have the one with ADC as well to test.
If you test it, please test the balanced phone mode too.
It may be used as stereo balanced out and should have better performance.
On the non-R, at least, it has.
Hi AmirYou are welcome. I have the one with ADC as well to test.
Sure.Hi Amir
If you test it, please test the balanced phone mode too.
It may be used as stereo balanced out and should have better performance.
On the non-R, at least, it has.
For posterity, here are RME's naming conventions for the ADI series:
DAC = DA conversion only
Pro = AD/DA conversion
FS = SteadyClock FS jitter reduction technology
R = Comes with a remote
BE = Black enclosure
Isn't that "Black Edition" instead ?BE = Black enclosure
The Pro has 1 ADC and 2 DACs. And 2 stereo headphone amps.I'm not sure "Pro" means AD/DA conversion. The ADI-2 FS for example has AD/DA conversion but isn't labelled Pro.
Pro seems to just mean onboard DSP, but only if the unit isn't labelled DAC. So ADI-2 DAC FS has DSP and ADI-2 Pro have DSP but ADI-2 FS doesn't have DSP.
The "R" isn't always used consistently, either. For example, the "ADI-2 DAC FS" has a remote but doesn't have the R (at least officially, though I've seen it referred to as the ADI-2 DAC FS R in some places, but it doesn't say "R" on the faceplate). I think R or the lack thereof is mostly only meaningful if PRO is present.
The other thing that causes confusion is that they stopped using version numbers on newer units, so there are two versions of the ADI-2 DAC FS out there that are hard to tell apart unless you plug them in and look at the menus or open them up.
I did the sameBeside those results, for anyone thinking of getting this device, I suggest to read the user manual which actually looks like the story of product inception, you will feel each rational decision they made to build it. That's what I did just before pulling the trigger a few months ago.
I 100% agree. All I want is a single AK4999, one XLR front output, keep the iem 3.5mm jack (or 4.4mm) at low impedance, and dual XLR outputs in the rear.
Might be a noob question, but why not just use the balanced outs of the RME to some powered monitors?
That's when it gets expensiveBecause I haven’t found powered monitors that sound as good as ML electrostats
Great company, great products, but very hard to understand product naming system. It probably costs them some sales.
RME actually does have a product with a balanced headphone output, it's just a rather unusual system.Great as expected. The only thing disappointing to me about this the lack of internal power supply, and no headphone balanced out, although I wouldn't expect to see that in an RME product, however minor. Given the market I would also have thought it could at least have AES in.
I wasn't alone in getting a little confused then. This is good to know.Wow this is confusing.
@MC_RME Could you please confirm the release dates for these devices?
- RME ADI-2 DAC (if it exists?)
- RME ADI-2 DAC FS
- RME ADI-2 DAC FS v2
- RME ADI-2 Pro
- RME ADI-2 Pro FS
- RME ADI-2 Pro FS R
- RME ADI-2
- RME ADI-2 FS
I own the latest Pro version of this DAC with ADC and DIY XONO phono stage coupled with 2 Hypex NCore400 monoblocks into Martin Logan electrostats. It’s pure sonic bliss. I cannot imagine ever owning another DAC/preamp.