The best audio value on the market!

Think of this as the junior version of the RME ADI2 DAC FS, that currently retails at $1149.

The main diiferences are:

1) RME has a remote

2) RME has a much deeper menu/options feature list, such as the potential to save different EQ settings for several different headphones, even with different L&R channel EQ settings.

3) RME has a crossfeed feature.

4) Monoprice has DIRAC II surround.

5) Monoprice has both balanced and unbalanced headphone outputs.

6) Monoprice has a slightly warmer, less analytical sound than RME which I prefer.

7) Monoprice has by far a much easier UI to work with.



The Monoprice has ALL the features that I use the most, and I prefer the Dirac ii over the crossfeed.

If you already have the Monoprice, unless you MUST have a remote, the RME is awfully hard to justify at $1149.

The Monoprice unit blows away everything in its price class.

Match it with a good tube headphone amp and Sennheiser HD800S headphones , deploy the DIRAC II, and you're in musical heaven. There are no words to describe the experience . I was blown away. The RME simply cant do that.

The best $500 dollar for dollar value you can get in headphone audio.

Powerhouses anything through 24-300 ohms.