Opinions on RME products

[RichS]

Particularly the Multiface 2.

 

[sprack]

No input on the Multiface2, but I have had zero issues with my HDSP 9652 for the last 3yrs.

 

[Scottxx]

I don't own any. But for what I read all over the years, practically the best audio hardware out there.

 

[Line666]

Had a 9652, rock solid, super low latency, no issues, wish I hadn't sold it.

 

[MatrixClaw]

I've had great experiences with their PCI products, but I owned 2 UFXs and had nothing but issues with them. I hear people say their drivers are rock solid but I was having all kinds of jitter, digital noise, latency issues and dropouts :\

 

[JeffTD]

Love them to death. Best routing software ever.

 

[colonel_claypoo]

Love them to death. Best routing software ever.

totalmix is awesome, stability and latency as well. converters are pretty good. overall: thumbs up.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

Converters are good, preamps mediocre

 

[Tachy]

Rme products are rock solid, also the drivers.

 

[PD-Baraka]

Like the orthers say, go for pcie products, they are the most reliable there is, period, best drivers, and the software is superb.

converter wise i would go somewhere else though, just for a different color, and stay away from the preamps in general.

 

[FIXXXER]

running a HDSP9632 for about 5 years now, no problems, best thing about this is the hardware zero latency monitoring!

 

[outloaf]

I've had a fireface 800 since '06 and it hasn't let me down once with any laptop or desktop rig I've owned.

 

[Josh Burgess]

Used to use a 9632 pci card, now use the AIO pci-E card since the new pc I built doesn't have legacy pci support. They've both been great... I need to sell the 9632 still.

 

[Kalapuikko]

I've had a fireface 800 since '06 and it hasn't let me down once with any laptop or desktop rig I've owned.

Same here, never had any issues with mine either. Compared built-in preamps to Great River ME1-NV and while the GR was a lot better the pres in ff800 are definitely very useable.

 

[MurderMachine]

The FireFace 800 is running very reliably every since I got it (a month or two back) and by the sound of everyone else's satisfaction with the product, it doesn't look like it's going to let up anytime soon. I highly recommend it.

 

[RichS]

Thanks everyone for the feedback, I'm sold!

 

[JeffTD]

Converters are good, preamps mediocre

This is a good point that I forgot to mention. I love my FF800 but the onboard preamps are relative dogshit.

 

[outloaf]

I don't think the preamps are dogshit; just kind of whatever. They're functional and don't sound bad by any means. I have Lavry converters and an A-Designs MP2A and while those are clearly better; I don't think it's worth the price increase vs quality difference.

 

[JeffTD]

I don't think the preamps are dogshit; just kind of whatever. They're functional and don't sound bad by any means. I have Lavry converters and an A-Designs MP2A and while those are clearly better; I don't think it's worth the price increase vs quality difference.

Just to clarify, I said relative dogshit for a reason. My API and Neve clones sound worlds better than the RME stock pres, and while they are usable I will say that I do think that they sound bad. Very stiff and harsh with a brittle top end compared to something even marginally better.

 

[outloaf]

Yeah, I'll definitely agree with you on the brittle/harsh top end. I actually don't even use the rme pre's anymore since I have an audient 8 channel that I send adat and essentially just use the RME as a pathway along with headphone and monitor mixes. The thing is definitely rock solid as far as stability goes. Maybe I should take the lavry and mp2a off of eBay.