Questions about RØDE Ai-1

Hi LuckyFelix, The internal impedance at the headphone output of the AI-1 cannot be read directly from the technical specifications in the "User Guide". But it is still possible to draw 24mW with 32-ohm headphones and 245mW with 300-ohm headphones at a THD of 1%. I use the AI-1 with a Beyerdynamic DT 1770 Pro (250 ohms). This high-impedance load is no problem for the headphone amplifier - I don't even need to turn it up to a third of the maximum volume! Greetings, Kurt

Unfortunately, I cannot answer this question directly. In my experience, however, the adapter can very well be to blame. I use the Beyerdynamic DT 1770 Pro and have absolutely no noise. I would try a different adapter... or a different headphone... to rule out the Rhode as a problem.

How did you plug it in? With which adapter?

Hoi L.bieli, I assume that you have connected the KRK ROKIT 7 to the balanced line outputs. According to Focusrite, the maximum output level of the Scarlett Solo is +15.5dBu, but according to Røde that of the AI-1 is only -6dBu. That's 21.5dB less. I assume that the noise has to do with the higher gain at the ROKIT input. You lose a lot of signal-to-noise ratio there. Greetings, Kurt

According to the information found, no.

Hi, wir koennen es Bestaetigen, dass Ai-1 Interface laeuft mit 32- und 64-bit Linux. Folgend diverse Outputs (S/N ist in den letzten 6-Stellen mit * versehen). Wir hoffen Ihnen damit weiter geholfen zu haben: 32-Bit debian 10 (buster) output: [13040.196299] usb 2-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd [13040.407349] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=19f7, idProduct=000a, bcdDevice= 1.23 [13040.407353] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [13040.407355] usb 2-1: Product: RODE AI-1 [13040.407357] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: RODE Microphones [13040.407359] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: DD****** [13040.417391] hid-generic 0003:19F7:000A.0003: hiddev0,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Device [RODE Microphones RODE AI-1] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input3 [13040.600419] usb 2-1: 1:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x82 [13040.605433] usb 2-1: 2:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x3 [13045.679580] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio 64-Bit debian 9 (stretch) output: 83328.197357] usb 3-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 35 using ehci-pci [83328.309083] usb 3-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=19f7, idProduct=000a [83328.309087] usb 3-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [83328.309091] usb 3-1.2: Product: RODE AI-1 [83328.309093] usb 3-1.2: Manufacturer: RODE Microphones [83328.309096] usb 3-1.2: SerialNumber: DD****** [83328.312021] hid-generic 0003:19F7:000A.000B: hiddev0,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Device [RODE Microphones RODE AI-1] on usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.2/input3 [83328.427071] usb 3-1.2: 1:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x82 [83328.428063] usb 3-1.2: 2:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x3 usb-device output: T: Bus=03 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 43 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=ef(misc ) Sub=02 Prot=01 MxPS=16 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=19f7 ProdID=000a Rev=01.23 S: Manufacturer=RODE Microphones S: Product=RODE AI-1 S: SerialNumber=DD****** C: #Ifs= 4 Cfg#= 1 Atr=80 MxPwr=500mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=01(audio) Sub=01 Prot=00 Driver=snd-usb-audio I: If#= 1 Alt= 1 #EPs= 1 Cls=01(audio) Sub=02 Prot=00 Driver=snd-usb-audio I: If#= 2 Alt= 0 #EPs= 0 Cls=01(audio) Sub=02 Prot=00 Driver=snd-usb-audio I: If#= 3 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=usbhid Gnome Sound: Digital Output (S/PDIF) - RODE AI-1 Analog Output - RODE AI-1 Analog Input - RODE AI-1 lsusb -v output: Bus 003 Device 035: ID 19f7:000a RODE Microphones Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 2.00 bDeviceClass 239 Miscellaneous Device bDeviceSubClass 2 ? bDeviceProtocol 1 Interface Association bMaxPacketSize0 16 idVendor 0x19f7 RODE Microphones idProduct 0x000a bcdDevice 1.23 iManufacturer 1 RODE Microphones iProduct 2 RODE AI-1 iSerial 3 DD****** bNumConfigurations 1