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[GuillaumeB]

I fully agree with Hifi_swlon. The microRendu is designed to tackle many of the known issues in computer audio. It's built from the ground up by people who I think understand these issues in both software and hardware. But of course we'll have to wait and see if the device will address the issues and to what degree. If it does what it is designed to do it'll indeed render a lot of the current workarounds redundant. Chris Connaker for example already mentioned that the device sounds the same regardless of the way he fed the ethernet port of the microRendu. I myself will have to see (hear) for myself and will try my fiber optic converters, different LAN cables and high quality EMO ethernet isolator for example.

The Regen, for me, was great but I later found even better solutions to tackle the same/similar issues it tried to tackle. Of course the same could (or will?) happen with the microRendu. A better understanding of the issues mentioned above and how to tackle them currently fuels progress at a very high speed. That's why I personally am very hesitant to buy expensive off the shelf solutions like the Aurenders.

Although I'm currently confident the microRendu will outperform it, I will not immediately try sell my current DIY music server and everything that surrounds it. I'll compare first. With the microRendu I feel the cards are shuffled and a new round of the game starts. We and the rest of the community will come to a consensus on how good it is and what of the current tweaks/workarounds have really become redundant in practice. This'll take some time but we'll get our answers.

Fascinating stuff! It's definitely got my interest but I will naturally remain sceptical until I hear the thing in my own setup. 

Since I already own the totaldac d1 server (+ very posh AES/EBU cable) I'm not going to rush out and buy one. However folks are more than welcome to ship theirs to me for an objective appraisal! If it's better than the totaldac then I will be very excited and you will all get to hear about it. I love disruptive technologies 

Guillaume