Sonore Streamers

[mdconnelly]

A week into the uRendu w/iFi power streaming Roon from my Win10 PC to my Dev 200 and I can say with absolute certainty it's the best my system has sounded.  Use whatever audiophool terms you like - they all seem to apply.   Whatever Devialet does with AIR3 is just not a concern of mine any longer.    

The only problem I had was after a couple days, Roon could no longer see the uRendu.  A reboot of the uRendu fixed that but then I took the advice to create a static IP address for the uRendu (on my router) and the problem has never reappeared.   Can't be sure that fixed the problem, but I've not seen the problem again.

Now, I really want to hear from those that have had the chance to compare the uRendu with iFi power supply versus any others.   I'm also curious to know if different USB connections make any difference.  I've tried it with the hard connector compared to a short Belkin generic USB cable and just don't hear a difference, but I don't have (and not sure I need) a more high-end USB cable.  Thoughts anyone?