iFi ZEN Stream

[Confused]

I don't know why you have issues with Roon and hi-res material - with LAN port limited to 100 Mbps I have zero issues - it works 100% perfect.

BTW, there are differences between RAAT and Devialet Air and since you already mentioned cymbals - this is something which sounds somewhat different. Devilaet Air (in my system!) has better resolution, transparency and "air" - but, as I said, not quite on the level of UPnP.


I'm really curious how would UPnP behave in your system. Preferably with the combination I use - MinimServer + BubbleUPnP controller app.

I don't know either! 

One point, I was not limiting to 100 Mbps. If that is what makes the difference I could easily retry this sometime.

It remains curious why something like the Zen (and the SOtM kit) seems to work perfectly whatever I do with it, whereas the Devialet does not.

Regarding UPnP, in my normal listening I am now using Focus Fidelity convolution filters. So if I was to try UPnP for a while I would want to keep this as an option. JRiver could do both I think.

Edit: As for clarity of cymbals and snares, this was a clearly obvious difference between RAAT and HQPlayer. So it would be interesting to revisit this with UPnP / DLNA.