Sonore Streamers

[Confused]

Charging their owners for the the very public and freely available Native DSD popping fix.  I'm glad I bought an sMS-200 instead.

Brutal!

 
Indeed.  Although in fairness they are adding some new features, Spotify Connect &SongCast. 

I do find the concept of posting SD cards from the USA to mR owners in four corners of the world a little bizarre.  There has to be a better way of doing this surly?

I guess it does look a bit like a money making exercise though, although $20 for a few new features is not unreasonable, after all Sonore are not a charity.  This assumes the update is optional and units not updated will still receive basic support.  I have no idea if this assumption is correct or not, if units not updated will cease to be supported then this does just look like a cash generation exercise.  I am sure the good folk on CA will get all this clarified before long.

As for the sMS-200, I wonder if this has shaken Sonore up a bit?  Most reports put the sMS-200 ahead of the mR for sound quality, and it is cheaper too.  So one answer is to add more features to the mR, such as the afore mentioned Spotify Connect &SongCast.   Although charging $20 for an SD card in the post will not exactly enhance their reputation in the short term.

If Sonore are short of cash, maybe they could make a few dollars selling the Sonicorbiter software to Devialet for the new OS board, this might save everyone a lot of hassle!