romanesq
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| Sound difference of RME ADI-2 DAC with AK4490 chip (old ) and the AK4493 (new ) There is no audible difference although some specs are slightly different. Due to the AKM factory fire, RME ran out of AKM 4493 chips so more recently integrated a chip from ESS. | |
| DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point Yet another vote for.... wait for it.... the RME ADI-2.In my system, it's a revelation and for the money, you can't go wrong. It's certainly worth a try. For those who want to go the R2R route, it certainly sounds like their are good options on th... | |
| RME ADI-2 fs DAC: Not Loving It @nicktheknife - don't think the firmware if going to affect your use but I do think you may see some difference if you go direct from the RME. A number of people have been surprised in noting it. | |
| RME ADI-2 fs DAC: Not Loving It Just another sidebar note: RME is an outstanding company who works to improve their product with firmware upgrades on a regular basis.Was on version 35/35 and just upgraded to Firmware Update ADI-2 DAC 66 / 41. You can read about the technical det... | |
| RME ADI-2 fs DAC: Not Loving It Hi, please bypass the preamp. Tell us what happens. I have Ave the older version RME with AKM chip. Also running very sensitive tube momoblock amps. Used to own the McCormack DNA-2 deluxe Rev. A with carbon wiring. My system is very sensitive to... | |
| Gustardx26 pro vs RME ADI2FS RME is so well engineered it works as both a preamp and DAC.Do we even need to get into warranty, website and support? Gustard can't match and doesn't come close. With great performance, we haven't even touched on the free upgrades to the hardware... | |
| Mac vs streamer. Streamers can offer some improvement and people certainly like them but dropping several thousand for a streamer doesn't appear to get the results for the money. People have done these tests and comparisons at high level evaluations before.Have a ... | |
| Uptone Audio EtherREGEN review A review with measurements, ouch:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHPwPRLxDWcPower improvements can always help but the other stuff.... | |
| Uptone EtherRegen This thing got tested, measured and slayed. Absolutely brutal but the truth is what it is.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHPwPRLxDWc | |
| DLNA audio quality test with 3 different media renderers same speakers Using for the DLNA connection from Audirvana 3.5 to the LG TV: AirPlay&UPnP. People will argue about upsampling but it's not going to make much of a difference as it comes out 48K on the optical output from the TV.For a few dollars though, it... | |
| DLNA audio quality test with 3 different media renderers same speakers Good to check the options but the variables and obviously the variety of systems make this tough.Using rebuilt tube amp mono blocks as the driver, I use a LG TV as an option for its digital audio toslink. In my system, I use Audirvana 3.5 and send... | |
| Node2i + Qutest or Yggy or Codex or something else Wonder if there's any update on the news of the Black Ice Audio release.They have a winning design. Want to hear more, pardon the pun. | |
| Neil Young calls out Tidal Yes, Qobuz shows over 300 Neil Young albums. Plenty are hi-res and although I do enjoy some of his work over the years, I don't care what ole Neil thinks about politics outside of the music industry.Some years back, I saw Neil Young at Madison Squ... | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? Thank you @thyname1 and a Merry Christmas to you and yours!Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night. | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? Sorry thyname, your point doesn't equate here about the old laptop. The reason (which I urge others to try too) is Audirvana 3.5.The software Audirvana 3.5 bypasses Apple's Core Audio so the "noise" you're referencing is in fact not present. As an... |