ericcholley63 wrote:ramses wrote:ericcholley63 wrote:Nouvelle question:
Est il possible d'utiliser la DAC du RME sans son préampli
New question:
Is it possible to use the RME DAC without its preamp
For what purpose ?
You would need the pro model to get digital outputs.
Mon but: garder le DAC du RME et profiter de mon préampli LINN qui me donne un son qui me convient mieux (utiliser la sortie RCA du RME via mes câbles de modulation et les brancher sur les fiches ENTREE du pré-ampli LINN)
My goal: to keep the RME's DAC and take advantage of my LINN preamp which gives me a sound that suits me better (use the RME's RCA output via my modulation cables and plug them into the LINN preamp's INPUTS)
Sorry, I do not know your Linn Preamp and it's "sound": my general recommendation to you is use case 3, see diagram below and an attenuator which is switchable between -10,-20,-30 dB like this one: https://www.thomann.de/de/jts_ma_123.htm
My ADI-2 Pro FS R BE plays e.g. extremely well in front of Accuphase E-600 and B&W 803D3.
I could A/B test it with Accuphases own DAC module DA-40 and perform quick comparisons, so I know you can trust the ADI-2 DAC/Pro. Even with the oldest ADI-2 Pro from 5y ago tad a bit better sound. Accuphase DAC-40 module sounded a little bit like ADI-2 Pro in NOS with the usual treble degration of NOS filters.
Dynamic Loudness and Auto Reflevel work really well in my setup, I see no reason why it shouldn't work fine in your setup as well.
I fear you might be doing something wrong or are having a wrong test methodology. Why ? D/A converter do (or better said should) not have differences, they all should perform a clean transparent D/A conversion.
Maybe the Slow or NOS filter pleases your ears more, but ensure you can do quick comparisons and at exactly the same listning volume. For our ears louder sounds better (thus the loudness war in music industry).
You always need to compare at the exact same listening level and usually it's not easy/possible to be able to perform a quick A/B testing. Another problem is psychoacoustic, if you do not perform a blind or double blind test. You should better try to exclude them if any possible, otherwise you might come to wrong results and wrong conclusions, which is of nobodies adavantage.
I tried to put together a diagram which shows the advantages of ADI-2 DAC/Pro as central instance for D/A conversion.
You can use a 4:1 TOSLINK switcher in front of the ADI-2 DAC/Pro to be able to switch between 4 optical SPDIF/ADAT links.
I would connect all other devices like BluRay/Streamer/TV through the TOSLINK switcher to the ADI-2 DAC/Pro.
I would make the ADI-2 DAC/Pro the main device for D/A conversion.
BR Ramses - UFX III, 12Mic, XTC, ADI-2 Pro FS R BE, RayDAT, X10SRi-F, E5-1680v4, Win10Pro22H2, Cub13
