[till]

Any news on the RME ADI-2 DAC/ADC? At least in Europe, its price is half that of the Benchmark DAC1. It doesn't have good looks, and the I/O options seem not to be as versatile, but OTOH the price is very appealing. On some German boards, there are reviews that contain huge praise for the ADI-2, but they do not say anything about its headphone out (the DAC1's headphone out seems to be well regarded around here IIRC). There is a thread in the computer-as-source forum about the ADI-2 by thefinder, but no one from here seems to have heard it yet... I'm curious

 

[cosmopragma]

Just order it and write a review.
In case you'll don't like it you could always return it with no loss, the seller has even to cover the shipping costs according to our customer friendly legislation called "Fernabsatzgesetz".

 

[till]

I have neither time nor available funds to do that this year, but I'm still curious

 

[cosmopragma]

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Originally Posted by till I have neither time nor available funds to do that this year, but I'm still curious

The required time is a problem for me, too, but I have the funds and I need another source for a second computer based rig anyway.I think I'll give it a try in January.

 

[Daroid]

Is it possible that someone can walk into a shop (before christmas) that sells the unit and try it with headphones ? (No-one has it for sale in denmark

so can't do it).

oh, by the way: This pretty much sums it up: a user have had the ADI-2 for some months and has tested it versus the apogee and lavry. the Lavry was definately better, but the ADI-2 was still damn good, clearly better than digi 882/20 and 888/24 interfaces. Another user found it to be much much better than his/her digi 002......

For some reason he didn't mention anything about how the apogee was compared to the adi-2. i've sent an email today and asked...