The ordering and labeling of the filters has been changed. This fixes the problem for filters 2-6 but not 1 and 7 at least in the manual. If you have a unit on the latest firmware, you can check whether the list of filters in the manual is the same as in the updated manual or is unchanged.
Did you test this from the same power source? I used to have grounding/static issues for different reasons. Once from a faulty UPS and another time, my workplace's outlets were not properly grounded. Had weird issues such as touching my headphones after leaving the table for a while would cause my monitors to disconnect and reconnect.
Hello, Amir, Please excuse my lack of experience, I am new bee and trying hard to catch up. Is it fair to say that the RME can be used as my reference DAC for my humble 2.0 stereo system to replace the source dac in my marantz cd60 as an audible improvement? Thank you.
The CD 60 is rated at 106dB SINAD and 118dB SNR, making it for all intents and purposes a fully transparent DAC.
Thank you so much for the response. It helps with my understanding. Have a great day/night
Thank you for the info and response.
@eightiesHiFiguy
In the ideal situation they should be indistinguishable.
But those are real world compinents, with own issues and with possible interactions with other interconnected components, so the result is unknown with the “sound identical” as the most probable result.
The most annoying issue is DC popping on start/stop of playback, which might be not possible to fix with firmware updates.
Another unfortunate design decision is power supply of this DAC in the ellectrical appliance Class I, which might negatively interract with other interconnected devices of Class I.
If you want to try it, then try it and share your observations with us please
and I will most definitely let everyone know if I try it out.You have to compare for yourself. I most always prefer cd player sound, even the vintage ones, maybe it's placebo, maybe the experience of physical media. If I really want to listen to an album I use a cd player or turntable, while with a pc and dac, I never finish smth from start to end, phone and pc is too much distraction.
I would assume that “x2” here means for each channel.
Too much impedance is not a thing.
Ohh haha I've been mistaken for years then. So it's been harder to drive my current current setup which the headset is like 48ohms.
I missed that part with the 8.2..umm yeah I'd say so lolI would assume that “x2” here means for each channel.
The datasheet says the maximum amplitude on headphone output is 8.2Vrms.
So theoretical maximum power with 470 Ohm headphones is P = U*U / R = 140 mW
Would be that enough for you?
If both headphones have the same sensitivity, then yes.
I'm currently using the K7 and it's a pretty solid DAC/amp. It does have some quirks, like a delayed volume knob and output switch, but none of that is a dealbreaker. Between the two, the K7 does worse in measurements, but still well beyond what the human hearing can discern. The two have different DAC chips, AKM(K7) vs ESS(RAW-MDA1). Not too sure if they actually sound slightly different as some people claim. I have an O2/ODAC that I compared it to, and subjectively I find the K7 to be warmer sounding, but I did not do a proper blind ABX testing.
