Sonore Streamers

[baddog]

I have mine plugged straight into the back of the D400 using the hard adapter that came with it.

Any first impressions of sound quality baddog?

First impressions after having it since Thursday are an improvement in clarity, a little more precision in the bass ( no pun intended for you bassists out there ), a little more openness in sound. For those who enjoy hearing a guitarists fingers slide to the frets, no problems hearing those at low volume ( -40  on volume control - sitting 8 feet away )So far no downsides. I am a cautious reviewer, and I always like to test by getting used to new sound and then removing it to determine what might be missing.

However I can say at the moment the system sounds wonderful.

This is using the Uptone Audio JS-2. Previously I used it to power a Mac Mini and a Regen. I have not had the Regen for several months. The Mini is off at the moment as I am using my Synology NAS for RoonServer. microRendu in RoonReady model.

No comparison to AIR ( when it works ) yet, need a few more days to get used to the sound then I will remove it from system and compare to what I had previously ( Mac Mini as RoonBridge ) and to prior AIR Setup ( which included Windows 10 system in RoonBridge mode ).

FWIW, and of course I cannot verify, so consider it anecdotal. I have a friend with an UpTone Audio JS-2 with an Auralic Aries ( top of the line model ) going to a Vega DAC, and he believes that the microRendo is truly amazing.