Topping D90 vs RME ADI-2 dac?

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Has anyone either heard or purchased either one of these dacs? They both are hot as heck now, at least accordoing to the internet of things?




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Haven't heard either - sorry there. But, I have seen a lot of 'ink' on the D90 as of late, too. Interested to hear what people have to say.
 
We carry the RME ADI-2 DAC, and I use a Pro version myself. It's an extremely good sounding AKM4493 implementation, but the UI and features are intimidating to people who are used to / prefer simple audio electronics. I'd say the ADI-2 has been popular for a long time now due to its performance-to-cost ratio.

Couple of caveats though. If you don't get comfortable with navigating the UI and understanding what things mean, you might accidentally change a setting and not know how to undo it. Also I found the maximum gain setting caused audible distortion for signals close to or at 0dBFS, although that may have changed in a firmware update.
 
I have D90 in my desktop system. I was planning to try in in my hi-man rig for some time ... maybe this week.
 
There's a new MQA version of the Topping D90 out now.

I love the features of the RME ADI-2 FS dac. The RME looks intimidating but I think it will not be too bad to setup.​
 
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I have been living with the Topping D90 MQA for two months now and I can say I love it. It has taken the spot in my main system replacing a highly modded MSB Gold DAC III. Highly detailed, never harsh and giant holosonic soundstage. I feed it via coax S/PDIF, USB, Bluetooth and I2S.
 
The D90 got a good review on the Headfi forum but one guy bought one and it failed after 3 months. It needs to be sent back to china for repair. I think that if they offer service in the U.S. it would be worth a try. But for $700, some people will consider it disposable.
 
I recently purchased the RME-ADI-2 FS to use in my office for headphone listening. I really like the features and sound into my LSA HP-1 planers. I may connect it in my main system to see how it sounds against my Bricasti M3.
 
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I recently purchased the RME-ADI-2 FS to use in my office for headphone listening. I really like the features and sound into my LSA HP-1 planers. I may connect it in my main system to see how it sounds against my Bricasti M3.
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Hello, do you have done this test ? RME-ADI 2 FS vs Bricasti M3 ?
Thanks.

I have passed an order for the RME ADI 2 PRO Anniversary Edition.
 
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