@happy_amateur We are probably similar kind of users, I understand you setup. Do you use also ARC USB with your UCX2? If not I recommend it - very good device. Switching setups, nice muting, volume control much better then with DAC IR remote control, which has already bad contact on volume down after several months of use, I had to start use of my universal RC. ARC is really great thing for our purpose.
ADI2DAC does not have HW for TM, it a pity. Do not expect such Christmas present.
By the way yesterday I found another annoying limitation. Once other usb device is connected together with ADI2DAC, DAC has limited ASIO functionality to max PCM 192kHz by the driver. Player cannot play DXD or DoP DSD128 and DSD256 files. This is because the other device (for me Digiface USB) is limited to max 192 and driver is probably synchronizing clock across all devices and does not allow more even if the hw can do it.
Limitations and walls everywhere...:-(
@MC
There is probably some misunderstanding. I will try to describe it more.
HW :
Intel NUC 6 cores/12 threads at 4GHz, 16GB RAM, NVME disk, RME devices connected to USB3 ports, everything else thunderbolt. Windows 10 .
latest RME drivers
Digiface USB with ARC USB for TM
ADI-2 DAC FS
Neumann monitors KH750 DSP + KH80DSP front pair aligned by MA1 room correction SW
also some other analog hifi gear.
It is not studio use, just home use for playing video mch to WDM device and audio stereo directly to DAC via USB and audio MCH to DF and then 2 stereo dacs via toslink. Also stereo TV toslink to DF and then DAC. Another option is playing from DF directly to monitor KH750 via toslink to coax converter. Those setups easily switched in TM.
Simply - both DAC and DF are connected to PC via USB3 ports. And also toslink from DF to ADI2DAC and some other DAC for 4.0 playback. When playing stereo then DAC switched to USB input, when MCH then switched to toslink. Both dacs synchronized by DF internal clock when playing MCH.
Requirements:
Because I play also DXD and DSD 128 and 256 via DoP I need DAC connected also via USB. No way via DF, converting DSD to PCM introduces really lot of ultrasonic trash above 30kHz as seen for instance in Digicheck.
Also I need only ASIO for music playback because I need SR switching, each track can have different format and SR. This works with ADI2DAC via USB and ASIO only.
MCH is 4.0 output mixed in DF TotalMix.
I want to play stereo directly from Foobar via usb to DAC.
I want to play MCH from video player via WDM driver to DF. This is not a problem. Works.
I want to play MCH PCM from Foobar via ASIO to DF.
Problem:
There is only one logical ASIO device in the system - ASIO Madiface USB. Nothing else. Even if I have 2 USB devices connected. Which HW this logical device leads to is defined in driver settings About, Sort devices, Preview - the 1st one. The second is not accesible. Or is it? How?
When DAC is connected via USB - it becames the first one and I cannot play to DF. I have to switch the device order in About dialog.
How to play to different ASIO devices without changing parameters in the driver? Is there any way?
What is your recommended configuration which meets the requirements and works without manual reconnecting cables for each purpose?
ADI-2 DAC, Digiface USB, Fireface UCXII, ARC USB, Neumann MA1 aligned monitors