So where is the paragraph decribing the LCD-X?

From the horse's mouth: https://forum.rme-audio.de/viewtopic.php?id=25745

Post #423.

That's a bug that I reported to RME. The IEM out should be muted, like the Phones out. There is a reason that option is called 'Line'.

You missed my point about filtering and the result on the signal. This is not about Sinc, it is about basics of physics/electronics laws. Just try what I wrote about: output a triangle, square whatever signal from the AP, then view it with both these extreme narrow and steep filters active - the...

The lovely, perfectly shaped sine wave shown here is an illusion. Nobody knows and can show how that signal looks like, no matter what DAC is used, because it is covered too deeply in noise. If you apply a steep and narrow bandpass filter to a signal - whatever signal - it will always look like...

Prime example for a sighted and biased test. ---> trashcan.

True. But even something simple as switched resistors can have a lot of pitfalls. I have seen several versions of stepped resistors and most of them were below what one expects from this technology. Don't know about the V281, but the new Niimbus seems to have an unbalanced stepped resistor...

LOL! Put your finger on the 4 front buttons before shaking...

A discussion needs at least two people. Luckbad is one person, he mentioned the driver's behavior in his own review (said post on page 1). 'I see you all discussed' implies that several posters discussed this issue throughout this thread (multiple posts). Which was not the case, unless I missed...

And here is the proof: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-and-measurements-of-rme-adi-2-dac.2582/

I quoted the text: >I see you all discussed the odd way it only advertises one sample rate to Windows< is a wrong statement. No one discussed this here. I am not denying what you wrote as that was not part of his statement at all. Still your statement is not correct as well: it is the WDM driver...

You have a strange way to twist reality. No one here ever discussed this point. Luckbad mentioning it is no discussion. This is a non-issue for anyone else. Use ASIO - be happy.

You can measure differences of noise at the power supply outputs, but not at the ADI's analog outputs. Not at all. If linear (hum inducing) supplies are your cup of tea - no problem, but don't expect others to follow stone-age technology myths and complicate their setups for zero gain.

Clarify? You connect it and then control the volume with the Volume knob or the remote. What makes you think it doesn't work like that?

Not DAC but Pro: https://www.head-fi.org/threads/review-comparison-prism-lyra-prism-callia-rme-adi-2-pro-schiit-yggdrasil-forssell-mdac-2a.867575/

I am pretty sure the RME team has at least three production partners, and the ADI-2 Pro and DAC are made in Germany, but not by IMM. Check their manuals, you can get a clue when checking the warranty and electric waste return section.

The public information available on the ADI-2 Pro (DAC should be the same) gives some ideas why the unit is more audiophile than you might realize. Are you aware that they used a 10 layer PCB? And that there are several ground planes in it which have more copper thickness than usual? Yes, they...

You meant 'subjective', right? Or where is the objective proof that what you hear isn't just imagination? Where are your blind tests and objective measurement data?

I think 99.9% of the ADI-2 Pro and DAC users have never seen that feature working. You need full volume at High Power setting with a lower impedance can, which are usually quite efficient. So you blow your ears before you will ever see it. I saw it with Mr.Speakers Aeon (one of the quieter...

I know. He fixed a lot, which is quite positive. What remains is his personal sound preference, and there is nothing wrong with that. The quoted reply was only for NickedWicked.

Nope. That is about 'Impedance based level meters'. Not related to 'impedance selection' or 'AutoRef' at all.

AutoRef is an 'automatic reference level' control steered by the Volume knob - nothing to do with 'impedance'. Where does the manual say so? I might have overlooked that statement in the many pages that it has...

I wonder about such reviews all the time. Reading between the lines you have to wonder what the reviewer missed. Did he miss that you can switch the phones output into High Power mode? He wouldn't be the first... Asking for a more black background - he did not set the reference levels...

I can set any mode (16 to 32 bit), hit Apply and it stays. Maybe it changes after a sample rate change? The WDM device is removed and newly generated then, and might default to 24 bits. 32 bits for WDM don't make sense anyway. Trying now....Oh yes, it does. Well, no problem for me...