Dual Button
To the right of the EQ we also have the Dual button. The ADI-2 DAC can famously apply EQ to
the left and right channels independently – great for those who are hard of hearing in one ear, or
if you want to make some slight room adjustments when connecting the DAC to speakers. Press-
ing this button allows us to create different EQ curves for the left and right channels.
Saving the EQ settings
The EQ section also allows you to save your settings as a preset. Click on the Store button and
give your preset a name, and choose whether you want to save it to your hard drive, or to one of
the ADI-2’s on-board memory slots.
Advanced Settings – Width, Crossfeed and Filtering
Next up we have the section labelled Advanced Settings. Here we can adjust the Width (from
stereo to mono to channels reversed), and try out the Crossfeed.
What is Crossfeed?
If you’ve not come across Crossfeed before, essentially it works by feeding a small amount of the
left channel into the right, and vice versa. Headphones provide a very isolated way of delivering
sound to our ears – in the real world, a sound source is received by both ears (albeit with a slight
delay between them, which helps us perceive what the direction a sound is coming from).
Crossfeed therefore emulates the experience of real-world listening – like when listening to a pair
of speakers, or watching a live band – by playing a small amount of sound from one channel into
the other. The effect of this tends to vary with different recordings, but can work very well on
certain types of music – well worth experimenting with!
The Advanced Settings is also home to the filter section, which allows you to change the type of
filtering the DAC uses, such as the SD Sharp or NOS filter. We can also swap the polarity here –
useful for checking that speakers aren’t aligned out of phase, or for checking phase issues in
music production – and activate the Mid/Side mode.
Loudness
We also have the very popular
Loudness section, which many
will remember from older HiFi
amplifiers. This clever feature
adjusts the treble and bass in re-
sponse to volume changes,
providing a more consistent lis-
tening experience regardless of
the volume level.
As with most things on the ADI-2’s, the treble and bass are user-adjustable, so you can fine-tune
them to find your perfect settings.
DC-Protection, De-emphasis and Loopback
Finally we have a switch for the DC-Protection filter, and the Deemphasis control (which allows
you to add or remove some of the highs on some digital material – more info can be found in the
ADI-2 unit’s manual), as well as the Loopback control which allows us to record the processed
playback signal, or use it with RME’s DIGICheck software.
That’s it for our quick run-through of the ADI-2 DAC Remote software. If you need more details
dive into the following chapters. And if that is not enough enter the most extensive and detailed
manual ever that came printed with your ADI-2!
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