watchnerd
Grand Contributor
Is the head amp part on par with the DAC?
Yes.
Is the head amp part on par with the DAC?
Wow maybe even better performance will arise from this xD
FPGA firmware 183 (Pro/AE/Pro FS/Black Edition) and 23 (DAC) brings a new control circuit to make the Class Compliant mode even more compatible. We had observed limitations in higher sample rates with various hosts, like music servers, network players or tablets (not Mac computers, iPhones or iPads). Our new USB asynchronous control loop circuit for Class Compliant mode now operates perfectly even with such hosts and ensures full data transmission performance.
Additionally DSP version 23 for the DAC fixes the missing mute of the IEM output in DSD Direct mode. The unit now switches to Line Out whenever DSD Direct is active and DSD is played back (and of course reverts as soon as PCM is played).
Hi,
new member here. I have been reading this and currently have an RME ADI-PRO 2(non fs version). To me it sounds great, is the jitter something that will be noticeable when listening, the type to mess with transients or is this such a subtle thing that it is almost not noticeable?
I'd say almost certainly the latter - extremely unlikely to be perceptible.
For a fuller understanding on the audibility of jitter, this is a good (but difficult) read.
Thanks!
Yeah to me it sounds way more defined than the outputs from my MOTU 1248, I assumed this was in part due to clocking, but I guess its the overall implementation
Maybe a blind comparison would be worth doing then.
I am currently testing a Motu 24Ao, which sports the same kind of DAC and output specs as the two aforementioned Motu units, and my experience has not be very positive so far: https://audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/motu-8a-measurements.2342/page-2#post-106692
The typical "computer" noise you get with badly designed laptop dacs