The RME is not bright but tells it like it is. You’re going to chase your system forever as it’s probably just bright and that could be your room is the problem, the music you enjoy is just poorly recorded or your speakers are bright or like the RME just tattling on your room and gear. Curious what the source is you’re feeding he RME, cables and what you’re using for streaming such as basic Spotify and etc.?
As mentioned above the other DACs you are questioning are transparent as well and will not sugar coat things. Want the best performance out of the RME then use quality cables and if you can upgrade the power supply. Even with the stock power supply, with a really good power cable the RME will perform. But no the RME will not roll things off to fix problems.
As mentioned above the other DACs you are questioning are transparent as well and will not sugar coat things. Want the best performance out of the RME then use quality cables and if you can upgrade the power supply. Even with the stock power supply, with a really good power cable the RME will perform. But no the RME will not roll things off to fix problems.