With its ADI-2 DAC FS, RME offers a high-end analog converter, inspired by studio equipment but adapted for audiophiles. Incorporating many intelligent features and high-end components, the ADI-2 DAC offers exceptional audio performance.
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This is Version 2 of the RME ADI-2 DAC, now featuring an ESS ES9028Q2M DAC chip, as well as an extended remote control..
RME ADI-2 FS DAC
Balanced DAC Headphone Amplifier ES9028Q2M 32bit 768kHz DSD256 Black
The RME ADI-2 DAC FS includes an improved SteadyClock, a perfectly adjusted analog circuit, a remote control, an Extreme Power headphone output and a special IEM output. This model incorporates everything that has made the ADI-2 Pro famous, including its perfectly transparent sound signature and full DSP processing with bass, treble, loudness, 5-band parametric equalizer, crossfeed and much more. Its ease of use and incredible design make the ADI-2 DAC a central room for listening at home or for reference reading in the studio.
Connectivity & Features
In 2016, RME unveiled the ADI-2 Pro. With many innovative and extremely practical ideas and features, this model has transformed the digital-to-analog conversion market into a true reference. Equipped with two Extreme Power headphone outputs, it has also found its place in the HiFi, earning numerous accolades for its sound and technical prowess as well as its flexibility.
In order to address private individuals who are lovers of high fidelity, RME offers a modified version of the ADI-2 Pro, now incorporating features adapted for HiFi listening and simplified operation: the ADI-2 DAC. Based on the technologies, concepts and features of the ADI-2 Pro, this DAC version focuses on high quality digital-to-analog conversion.
The DAC
Embedded in a compact 19" format body, this little gem integrates high-end electronic components, offering seamless conversion from SPDIF Coaxial, SPDIF Optical (ADAT compatible) and USB to RCA, XLR, Jack TRS and Mini-TRS.
Extremely versatile, the ADI-2 DAC offers balanced and unbalanced inputs/outputs, Extreme Power headphone output, very low noise IEM output, SteadyClock FS, 4-stage output level hardware control, signal processing via DSP, external power supply, wide USB compatibility and support for sampling rates up to PCM 32bit 768kHz, DSD256 and Direct DSD. The SPDIF input signals can be recorded via USB and as expected from RME, the DAC is a true 2-channel Full Duplex audio interface.
Improving DA
For the ADI-2 DAC V2, RME engineers have been working to improve the analog output stage of the DAC to provide an even higher level of performance. More relays, a modified dual symmetrical attenuator circuit and an additional AOP in buffer allow a reduction in noise and THD. Hardware output levels at +13dBu, +7dBu, +1dBu and -5dBu have also been added.
Super low noise for IEM lovers
The booming headphone market has led to many improvements not only in this type of product but also in in-ear headphones (IEMs), bringing them back to the forefront for audiophiles and lovers of quality sound. Modern IEMs offer high quality sound reproduction that can rival many headphones, making them an excellent alternative for listening on the move or at home.
However, modern EMPs are also extremely sensitive and operate at very low voltages. As a result, they tend to recover the noise from the reader, DAC or amplifier. When RME developed its Extreme Power headphone stage, the noise level was lowered as low as possible to overcome this problem.
To this, RME adds a special IEM output on the front panel of the ADI-2 DAC. This provides a 10dB lower ground noise level than the Extreme Power output with an output impedance close to 0Ω and an incredibly low THD for exceptional listening.
Lights out !
In the case of a studio device, the lights on the device are constantly on, but this can quickly become annoying in a living room. All lights and the ADI-2 DAC display will turn off when the AutoDark function is activated and no action is performed for 10 seconds. Touching any button on the device or remote control will turn the lights and display on again.
Special features
A better remote
The ADI-2 DAC comes with a rugged and convenient remote control that will allow you to easily control the unit from your sofa. In addition, it is configured so as not to interfere with your other AV devices.
This remote control allows you to turn the DAC on and off, adjust the volume level, select an input and whether or not to activate the Mute mode, and also includes 4 programmable buttons that can be assigned to 20 different functions for total flexibility.
SteadyClock FS
The ADI-2 DAC incorporates a SteadyClock FS, ensuring that the use of the internal clock will provide the same sound as an external clock. The SteadyClock effectively rejects jitter and supports all digital interface formats in an exemplary way.
Thus, the main goal of the SteadyClock FS is to reduce jitter to an incredibly low level by improving its analog PLL circuitry and linking Direct Digital Synthesis and PLL to a low phase noise quartz crystal. The self-induced jitter through the D/A conversion thus reaches levels normally only possible in master quartz clock mode, while the SteadyClock operates in PLL mode. The low phase noise oscillator driving the circuit reaches a jitter of less than a picosecond (ps), an area called a femtosecond.
Technical characteristics
Specifications
Product type
Balanced DAC Headphone amplfiier
DAC Chip
ESS ES9028Q2M
Inputs
1x SPDIF Coaxial (according to IEC 60958, compatible with AES/EBU [AES3-1992]) 1x SPDIF Optical Toslink (according to IEC 60958, compatible with ADAT) 1x USB-B
Outputs
1x Balanced XLR 1x Single-ended RCA 1x Single-ended Jack 6.35mm TRS headphone output 1x IEM Jack 3.5mm output
Supported sampling rates
PCM up to 32bit 768kHz DSD up to DSD256
Digital inputs
Jitter when synced to input signal
< 1ns
Lock range
28kHz - 200kHz
Jitter suppression
> 50dB (2.4kHz)
Coaxial input sensitivity
< 0.3Vpp
Horloge interne
Effective influence of the clock jitter on the digital / analog conversion
1x RME ADI-2 DAC 1x Remote control 1x Power adapter 12VDC 24W 1x Power cable 1x USB Cable 1.8m
Data sheet
Input
Optical
Input
SPDIF
Output
RCA
Output
XLR
Output
Jack 3.5mm
Output
Jack 6.35mm
DAC / ADC Chip
ES9028Q2M
Max sampling rate
768kHz
Max sampling rate
DSD256
Color
Black
Networking
No
Remote Control
Yes
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5/5
Date :
2023-07-13
Mark D.
Solid DAC I have had this DAC for a few years now. I have the second AKM version. It have no other DAC to compare it too, but I have been impressed by its absolute reliability, great sound and useful features. The first of those is the perfect volume control that seems not to lose resolution as it is turned down. The second is the loudness button which is exactly what is needed for late night low level listening. I also use the basic bass and treble controls though not the parametric because frankly I have not been able to master it. The user interface is forbidding. Lastly, as far as filter go I set it NOS which sounds to me the most natural. There may be other DACs that are more impressive. I would like to get a good ladder DAC but at three times the price will it be three times better?
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5/5
Date :
2023-01-26
Antonio C.
Excellence Qoui dire: en quelques jours seulement ce DAC est en train de prendre le dessus sur mes autres appareils. Le lecteur de CD Prima Luna passe par là, le préamplificateur Conrad Johnson n'est que rarement utilisé. Je branche le RME DAC directement sur l'amplificateur de puissance (un CJ Première 140 à tubes) qui alimente mes haut parleurs passifs (des vieux Sonus Faber Guarneri). J'ai pu faire quelques ajustements pour une écoute agréable pour mes oreilles. Je le connecte aussi à mon téléphone Android et à un iPad et je vais bientôt compléter la chaîne avec un streamer WiiM qui sera connecté via coaxial ou optique (pour ne pas utiliser le DAC interne du streamer). Un changement important pour mon écoute a été la capacité de reproduire bien la musique même a des niveaux sonores plus bas: la musique reste audible sans devenir un bruit de fond comme c'était le cas auparavant. Il y a encore pas mal de paramètres à découvrir et essayer. Entre temps, c'est une belle réussite, bravo!
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5/5
Date :
2022-10-13
Cédric R.
Un dac de qualité Ce dac m'accompagne depuis plusieurs mois et n'a pas encore montré ses limites malgré mes évolutions d'amplifications et d'enceintes. Aujourd'hui il distille la musique à travers un ampli clad purifi et des enceintes audiovector r3 signature. Pour avoir mieux il faut sans doute doubler le prix..
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5/5
Date :
2022-02-21
Oleg K.
Oleg The new PME-2 is very good sounding. Despite the fact that it is made on a syabr chip, it does not have the wildness and brightness of the sound at high frequencies.The sound concept is different from Chinese DACs - smsl m500, smsl su-9/9n and the like.probably they wanted to make the sound similar to ak4393. It is more restrained at high frequencies and a little fatter.But if you put the output filter - Sharp, then it looks a little more like ess dac. The containment of bright sounds allows you to listen at high volume without fatigue. also you will not have irritability with "bright" acoustics. The DAC has great functionality. - parametric equalizer, tone controls, adjustable loudness - this allows you to equalize the sound for any acoustics or headphones according to your personal desire.However, with the neutral sound of the PME-2, it has no problems with detail, it has a very wide stereo base, it has well-defined instruments and vocalists like on a stage... And the reverberation and echo of the hall where it was made is also well transmitted. The RME-2 works well with any type of headphone and has separate settings for all headphones and a separate line-out with saved presets.
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