Source: Press Release, Last Accessed: 2017/12/26

RME Audio, the German manufacturer of digital audio solutions for the professional and HiFi sector, recently unveiled the ADI-2 DAC, a two-channel, high-end digital/analog converter in a 9.5-inch/1U housing. With its outstanding audio quality and wide range of conversion options it is targeted at studio professionals and audiophiles.
Using the latest 32 bit/768 kHz reference converter, RME SteadyClock technology for excellent jitter suppression and a powerful DSP processor, the ADI-2 DAC is a further development of the renowned ADI-2 Pro AD/DA reference converter RME says. Its input options include a coaxial SPDIF connection, an optical SPDIF/ADAT connection and a USB2 port. After D/A-conversion the analog signals are available at the stereo XLR and stereo RCA outputs, or at the TRS standard and mini jack outputs of the headphone amp.
The powerful and sophisticated headphone section is suitable for connecting high-impedance studio and HiFi headphones through an Extreme Power output, but it is, also, compatible with the modern high-quality in-ear systems. These, often, have particularly high sensitivity, revealing the intrinsic noise of an amplifier stage in an unpleasant way, but the ADI-2 DAC's superb signal-to-noise ratio of up to 120 dBA and extremely low distortion meets the needs of even the most demanding studio professional or audiophile enthusiast, the company states.
The ADI-2 DAC offers various signal processing options thanks to a powerful DSP processor among these, a 5-band parametric EQ, a user-friendly bass/treble adjustment, Crossfeed playback and an innovative loudness control for the analog stereo outputs. According to the press release, the ADI-2 DAC has flexible digital and analog ports including USB recording function for incoming SPDIF signals. The ADI-2 DAC can therefore work as a two-channel USB audio interface, capable of recording at sample rates up to 192 kHz and playing back up to 768 kHz, both PCM and DSD signals.
To ensure that users have quick and intuitive access to the wide variety of I/O options and processing functions the ADI-2 DAC has an ergonomic user interface and high-resolution IPS display where users can access such tools as the internal analyzer based on the famous Spectral Analyzer from the DIGICheck analysis tool. The display's background and label colors can be inverted for sensitive eyes or environments. Even less obtrusive is the "AutoDark Mode", which will automatically switch off the display and all the LEDs after ten seconds. The supplied remote control makes using the DA-converter even more convenient. Various functions are available, including volume up/down, playback source selector and equalizer on/off. In all, there are 20 different functions which can be assigned to four additional, freely programmable buttons.

For more information: http://www.rme-audio.de/

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