RME ADI-2 DAC FS now ships with ESS Chips
We are living in times of a global chip crisis with extreme never before encountered production and distribution challenges. Apart from that, at the end of 2020 a fire destroyed AKM's production facilities for AD and DA converter chips. A resumption of production and thus availability of these components is not expected before 2022. Therefore, many manufacturers - like RME - are forced to either discontinue products based on AKM chips, or to use other chips for the foreseeable future. The updated ADI-2 DAC uses ESS's ES9028Q2M in a special circuit variant developed by RME engineers that allows the chip to perform at its best. There are no significant changes in operation, features and behavior compared to the predecessor, which is why neither appearance nor name have changed. All differences are explained in the detailed manual of the ADI-2 DAC. Info video: https://youtu.be/43kkU49sRLo For more information: https://www.rme-audio.de/adi-2-dac.html |
