That is true, but unfortunately it is not 4-pin XLR, I would rather just use SE in that case since the whole idea was to be able to use my existing 4-pin cables as-is without an adapter. It is not really a 'necessary' thing and really doesn't provide much benefit
Just get some 3-pin XLRs. I got a longer pair of XLRs lately as I did away with my old nano patch gain controller between my dacmagic and monitors, so nice having a DAC with hardware volume and a remote.
Just on that note, I connected the RME Adi-2 FS up to the Yamaha HS80M monitors and RPI 4 USB input, it all works well together. The Yamahas always sound good but noticed the sound is a bit more refined and slightly clearer and better separation, pretty happy with the combo. I'm sure the sound improvement of the RME over the Dacmagic / iFi Zen Dac would be much more evident on good headphones so may test that out today with the PC.
I'm just wondering, I've got volumio set at 100 and to use the hardware volume Only on the DAC. Is this the recommended approach for best sound, or does software mixing affect the sound? I've never noticed much of a difference and having the volume rockers working on the phone and volumio web interface is convenient but not that hard using the remote. I've got the monitors volume on about 60% and there is decent range. Before, I had them right down as I was running my old DAC with no Vol control , and with the speakers right down it could be extremely loud unexpectedly, and was using software volume control.
Tidal connect and volumio works well, obviously this DAC is great anyway and happy with cd quality but still have the Qobuz trial and found myself testing various 192kHz stuff. Day to day don't think I need it, and happy to play a lot of my own flac collection once I free up a HDD for the rpi4.
Thanks
Edit: Nvm - the Chromecast Audio is still plugged into optical and handy for Google Home/voice and volume control and general listening (up to 96kHz), no need to use Volumio all the time (but great for gapless for electronic music). Gotta say for the very small cost, the RPi4 does the job very nicely.