microRendu - Sound Quality observations and comparisons

[PhilP]

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 Today, I had some free time, so could do some critical listening, as well as some back to back testing with the only real benchmark I have at home, Windows AIR 2.1.3.  The short version of this is that AIR 2.1.3 and the microRendu sound very similar.  

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Of course the Mutec should in theory offer improvements in other areas, which together with a more appropriate PSU should be a combination that outperforms AIR comfortably. To be continued.....

Interesting detailed write-up and surprising (though reassuring) that two completely different delivery mechanisms can sound so similar.  

I understand you're a PC-user and so perhaps can't easily try it but AIR 3 offers very significant SQ improvements over AIR 2 which, based on the observations you've made, should put it ahead of MR/iFi.  As you've said, MR can obviously be optimised further with power supplies (and cabling) whereas with AIR tweaking is limited to cabling/router/router PS (which may or may not make a difference   ).