AudioQuality777
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It's a good all in one unit and I love this little guy. The review was more like a writeup of the reviewer's experience with the unit. It doesn't compare the unit with anything else to start a dialog.A new excellent overview of ADI2 DAC from 11. 04.2018.
http://www.hardwaremax.net/reviews/desktop-audio/1480-test-rme-adi-2-dac?showall=&start=1
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I'm just surprised when you wrote that you heard sibilants and a little bass. It happens usually with a silver cable or a computer cable. But you did not notice the silver cables. I use Win10 with the jriver and there is not at all a hint of sibilants and the sound is exactly neutral and not at all light coloured..NOS filter is the darkest and bassiest.I used two setups mainly.
Mac (Audirvana) -> (bluejeans) usb -> RME dac -> RME amp | Liquid Carbon | Ember -> HE560 | HD6XX | HD600 | Fostex TX0
Linux (Deadbeef) -> usb | coax -> RME dac -> RME amp | Liquid Carbon | Ember -> HE560 | HD6XX | HD600 | Fostex TX0
USB and spdif both sounded equally good to my ears.
As for filters I see myself gravitating towards the sd-slow or slow filters. Of the 5 filters, NOS is the one that sounds most unlike any other and I wasn't sure I liked the sound as well.
I also have all DSPs turned off most of the time.
It tries to be neutral, I have no doubt about it. To my ears it's just not as smooth sounding as the LC or the ember. Neither LC or the ember are neutral per-se and they add some thickness, which I like.I'm just surprised when you wrote that you heard sibilants and a little bass. It happens usually with a silver cable or a computer cable. But you did not notice the silver cables. I use Win10 with the jriver and there is not at all a hint of sibilants and the sound is exactly neutral and not at all light coloured..NOS filter is the darkest and bassiest.
When paired with the 560, the 560 sounds thin and sibilant and isn't a nice experience (to me).