microRendu - Sound Quality observations and comparisons

[octaviars]

No matter what some might say about the microRendu the thing only costs 640$ and many compares it to much more expensive stuff and many thinks it is as good or even better.
First time I held it in my hand I thougt this was not much, the smallest piece of kit I own in my system but that little piece of kit plays music like nothing else I have owned or tried.
And then someone here got my thinking of would it be better with a Mutec, well it doesn't hurt to go throug the Mutec and convert USB to AES. I do feel that the Mutec and AES input is a winner. I use a brand new AES cable right now so I will let that play for a couple of hours before I make any critical listening.

Now my system is playing with Bubble upnp app on Android. MicroRendu -> Cabledyne Silver USB -> Mutec MC 3+USB -> Cabledyne digital silver XLR -> Devialet 400 -> Focal Sopra No.2