DOS2 - Impressions?

[Mies]

Hi guys,

seeking some advice regarding moving to DOS2 or not...

My set-up is 2x Premiere Gold and an Dialog. Speakers on Tree Wood, running stereo and positioned for critical as well as casual listening in our living room. I'm feeding my phono stage into the optical input of Dialog. Also, Dialog is fed directly from the home gateway.

Have been running this set-up for about 1,5 years and it has been unbelivably steady - not one single glitch, nor restart needed. Main source of music these days is Tidal and some web radio. Besides, the teenagers connect via Bluethooth when I'm not using the system. I use a dedicated iPad mini 4 with Spark, to control playback and volume. I actually like Spark, including its UI.

Would you recommend upgrading to DOS2, soundwise or based on user interface alone?
Thanks.

Cityhopper-

I had a similar setup as you, only the optical cable was feeding my Roon stream via an Auralic Aries Mini.  I too have had over a year of great sound and rock solid stability.  Upgrading to DOS2 has not worked out well for me.  At first I was getting consistent drop outs with the optical signal where the music would stutter for a second or two every couple of minutes.  Very distracting...  Now I have a hard time picking up an optical signal at all unless I unplug and replug in the cable several times each listening session.  

I have asked for advice on his forum and am in the fourth week working with tech support but as of yet no solution or definition of the problem has been offered.  Currently I'm forced to listen to my Roon music stream via airplay, which significantly reduces the sound quality of my high res music collection.

The only change made to my system was upgrading the DOS and removing the dialogue.  I did try using the dialogue as an optical input in DOS2 but couldn't get a signal to be recognized there either.  If you're happy with your current setup I would not rush to upgrade to DOS2.