Just be sure that you haven't got Roon set to upsample everything to a certain sample rate, eg in DSP settings? To be honest while Roon auto-sample-rate switching does work fine for me.... what I do instead in Roon DSP settings is have Roon upsample everything to 32bit/384khz anyway.... You can...

Roon works totally fine on Mac with auto-switching the sample rate, as does Audirvana. Pretty much the only app I've used that doesn't is iTunes. I still use iTunes to manage my music library in terms of adding, editing metadata etc, then Roon syncs with it and I play with Roon.

Yes... that’s exactly what I am doing (see my signature)

Mine never even gets vaguely warm. For remote, I use a Logitech Harmony remote instead, but that’s because I also have it already for controlling movie players like Plex

If you like flashing lights.... analyzer and level meters.... :-)

SXPro is a great outfit, I bought mine from there.

Which LPS?

What exactly is new about this version? I'm unclear....

I am using it with two systems: For Music: Mac Mini playing Roon > Supra USB cable > RME ADI-2 DAC > Balanced XLR to Hypex NC400 monoblock amps > ATC SCM11 speakers. Also Unbalanced RCA to ATC C1 subwoofer. For Movies: MacBook Pro running Plex > Optical SPDIF > RME ADI-2 DAC > same amp and...

Mine arrived yesterday... All seems to be working well with it, including upsampling in Roon to its maximum PCM 768khz 32-bit output over USB. Unfortunately between ordering and receiving it, the power supply for one of my monoblock power amps died, so for now I can’t speak as to its sound...

Depends on your needs. If you don’t need the analogue inputs I think most would be better off with the ADI-2 DAC at roughly half the cost and added remote control capability.

Just a new video...

Thanks for the reports.... I'm about to order one of these too so your impressions are very welcome. Though I plan to use it as a DAC/Pre with speakers.

Sorry I was confusing Exclusive mode with Direct mode that has been unsupported in OSX since Sierra... more info here: https://audirvana.com/?p=4048

You get Exclusive and Integer on High Sierra without doing the kext hack?

“The #RMEAudio ADI-2 DAC will be available in retail stores in January 2018. The recommended retail price including 19% VAT is € 999.” https://www.facebook.com/SynthaxAudioUK/posts/1885898874771626

Thanks a lot - awesome review so far, I've been waiting for a detailed comparison like this, you write very nicely indeed, and I look forward to the next installment. With the announcement of the RME ADI-2 DAC (vs ADI-2 Pro) yesterday, it's very topical. Hope to hear more of your experience with...

From the manual... Page 19: "The ADI-2 DAC processes all audio in the digital domain. Having only one stereo digital to ana- log converter, different settings of volume, equalizer or effects for the three outputs is not possi- ble when used simultaneously (the ADI-2 Pro has two DACs, therefore...

Looks great..... Some questions.... 1. No mention of the DAC chip, can we therefore assume it is the same 2 x AKM AK4490? (I've no reason to think different, just wondering). 2. Price, and when it will likely be available (for me in the UK)... 3. Personally I would use as a DAC/Pre with...

I was also poised to buy an ADI-2 but probably still will. My guess is it may be completely unrelated to ADI-2, guys on Gearslutz are speculating it could be some pro-networked-audio related interface but I guess no-one knows. In any case makes sense to wait a few days at least I guess....

Wonder what this will be.... https://twitter.com/rme_news/status/938458098775314432 https://www.facebook.com/169454739798577/photos/a.170061233071261.42708.169454739798577/1508316732579031

Fair enough... and I can see you are very happy with it! Which is nice to hear :-)

Well in Europe it's about 400 euros difference, which is not insignificant, and of course there's more options/competition available when buying the standard model....

It does look pretty doesn't it? Seriously tempted but the AE price differential is still quite high compared to the normal model. On the offchance (!) that anyone with the AE model in Europe is looking to sell theirs.... feel free to PM me :-)

Hi, @simomat - I see in your signature you are using the ADI-2 with the SOTM SMS-200 and Roon. I am thinking to do similar and would love to hear more.... Speakers rig: Synology 415+ (4 x 4 TB) => 2016 iMac 27" with SOtM sms-200 miniserver with power supply => Roon 1.3/HQ Player => TotalDac...