cheul
New Head-Fier
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Yes sorry about that, it does sport headphone amps. I indeed read from a RME representative one the dedicated forum that there is indeed a hardware limitation due to USB powered operations (+/- 5V) as compared with higher end units (+/- 15 V) - I guess they mean units such as the FF400 and so forth.
Which leads to another question regarding :
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If it's powered by a 5V AC adapter, then the only difference in amp gain when compared with the Babyface is the fact that it only has to drive one amp instead of two ?
It has two headphone amps, but it's limited to powering those two opamps with bus-power.
Yes sorry about that, it does sport headphone amps. I indeed read from a RME representative one the dedicated forum that there is indeed a hardware limitation due to USB powered operations (+/- 5V) as compared with higher end units (+/- 15 V) - I guess they mean units such as the FF400 and so forth.
Which leads to another question regarding :
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It has a good amp, but is volume limited unless powered by 5v DC. I used a battery pack that charges iPads.
If it's powered by a 5V AC adapter, then the only difference in amp gain when compared with the Babyface is the fact that it only has to drive one amp instead of two ?