Topic: Only have one of AES out or XLR line out active at a time?

I have an ADI Pro SE 2/4 and I currently have a pair of active monitors connected through the AES output. If I got an external headphone amp and connected it to the XLR line output, could I toggle between the AES output and the XLR output so that only one line out is active at a time or must all line outputs active at the same time?

I've searched this forum and have found a bunch of answers suggesting that it's not possible:

https://forum.rme-audio.de/viewtopic.php?id=29032
https://forum.rme-audio.de/viewtopic.php?id=30768
https://forum.rme-audio.de/viewtopic.php?id=35307
https://forum.rme-audio.de/viewtopic.php?id=30546


However, I was reading through the manual and in the "Toggle Ph/Line" section, I think it might be?

Here's the snippet for reference:

Toggle Ph/Line
OFF, 1/2, 3/4, 1/2+3/4, All Plugged, Line/Digital. Default: OFF. Activates the ability to toggle mute
between Phones Out, rear Line Out and digital outputs. Pushing the VOLUME knob for half a
second will then switch between loudspeakers connected to the rear and phones plugged into the
front. This function can also be controlled by one of the four function keys via Remap Function
Keys. All Plugged only incorporates the phones output where a plug is detected. Line/Digital
switches between analog Line Out and digital outputs, with Mute v. Ph active also between
Phones and digital outputs.



So if I set "Toggle Ph/Line" to Line/Digital and then hold down the volume knob, will the ADI device switch between the digital outputs and analog outputs?

2 (edited by KaiS 2024-07-04 10:06:55)

Re: Only have one of AES out or XLR line out active at a time?

audioenthusiast wrote:

I So if I set "Toggle Ph/Line" to Line/Digital and then hold down the volume knob, will the ADI device switch between the digital outputs and analog outputs?

EDIT: Works, see below.

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Re: Only have one of AES out or XLR line out active at a time?

I see, thank you for your help!

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Re: Only have one of AES out or XLR line out active at a time?

audioenthusiast wrote:

I have an ADI Pro SE 2/4 and I currently have a pair of active monitors connected through the AES output. If I got an external headphone amp and connected it to the XLR line output, could I toggle between the AES output and the XLR output so that only one line out is active at a time

Yes, that works.

These topics are either outdated (Line/Digital was added 12/2021) or talk about XLR/RCA on the ADI-2 DAC (can not be controlled separately). Toggle Line/Digital had been added due to these requests.

I think KaiS misunderstood your request.

Regards
Matthias Carstens
RME

Re: Only have one of AES out or XLR line out active at a time?

Thank you! I can confirm that this works.