iFi ZEN Stream

[hardcore]

I think one cause of sound degradation on the CI board is if you connect an Ethernet cable to the Devialet. The cable introduces noise from your network equipment. Playing to the CI board using UPNP/Air over WiFi sounds pretty good.

But I too find using AES or optical input from an external device can sound better if the external device has better isolation and clocks.

Friend of mine recently got the ifi Zen Stream, using it to replace a Roon Nucleus connected over USB to a Singxer SU-6 DDU and PS Audio Perfectwave DAC and is having great results.