I just recieved my RME 96/8 and I am loving it with foobar2k + asio. One thing I've noticed though, the output on the card seems to be quite low, I have to turn up my gilmore v2 se almost to the max to get a decent volume level. Is there possibly a setting somewhere that I missed or is that just how the card is?

thanks

Make sure attenuation is set to 0 dB in the tray icon menu, and that the volume slider is all the way up.

Attenuation is 0db and both sliders are all the way up.

Well unless you are using a very quiet attenuation setting or equalizer on foobar I don't know what else it could be. The card is definitely not quiet by nature. Even with a -9dB replaygain, I only use my Gilmore at 1/4 turn.

Hmm, no ideas here but I agree with Iron_Dreamer that this card is not at all quiet when working properly. In fact it's quite a bit louder than my standard 2V DVD player, which is in turn much louder than my TB santa cruz card. I use my Gilmore V2 dial at about 8:30 with -6db with HD600s, sounds about the same as Iron_Dreamer's volume level and it's loud enough (actually I'm a recovering volumeholic). I would stop using it until you figure this out. You don't want the problem to suddenly correct itself when you're listening with the V2 at max volume - the instant hearing damage that results will not be fun.

I found the problem it ended up being faulty cables that I was using. The RME ends up being quite a bit louder than my old sound card. Now its time to get back to listening to music .

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Excellent, and good detective work! Glad you got that fixed without finding out just how loud the Gilmore + RME can go. Enjoy!