Optical Isolation
I have read many a discussion here on AG regarding digital but, I still need some further clarification on the best way to go.
Looking at the Sonore Optical Rendu, which only seems to be sold through Small Green Computer. It's advertised as a "network player and network streamer" which makes it sound like I do not need something like a BlueSound Node, an ifi Stream, an Innuos Zen or the equivalent, or do I?
At present, I have a DAC and only want to stream music. I've had a Roon Nucleus in the past and enjoyed it, but only wish to use Tidal, Qobuz, Spotify or Amazon Music at the point in time.
It sounds like optical isolation is the way to go. I just want a simple, clean & quiet set-up, so any advice on this would greatly be appreciated, thanks!
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@navyachts You aren't limited to Roon only if you go with an opticalRendu. Rendus are compatible with any DLNA and UPnP software like Lumin App, Linn, etc. Some of those have Qobuz and Tidal integrations. You could go with a Rendu, and always add Roon later if you like. Cheers, Spencer |
@navyachts Jitter converts to added noise proportional to signal level (no noise without music), detectable only as a loss of clarity. The best way to compare two streamers, network players or digital cables is to listen, paying attention to clarity of the music. |
As sbank stated not stuck with Roon. One thing not often mentioned is running Roon with embedded HQPlayer.
Not sure I'm totally understanding OP, but one needs server with OpticalRendu, OR is only dedicated streamer, also fiber media converter in front of OR required unless one has router/switch with optical out. |
@navyachts Well I’ve spent the last 2 days playing with EtherRegen (ER). I had a plumbing issue too so I’ve also spent some time recovering in my listening chair from activities requiring contortionism which gave me some good time to compare configurations. I have 2 switches, the ER and a generic Netgear switch. I started by running the ER off the router and directly to the streamer and then putting the Netgear switch downstream of ER to service the TV etc. . This put the minimum pieces of equipment in the sound stream but required an 8m ethernet cable downstream of the ER. It sounded very good. But then I looked at the instructions and what others were doing and it seems the normal install is to put ER downstream of your other switch. So I did that. I put the netgear switch at the router and the ER at the streamer (fed by the same 8m ethernet cable by Audioquest) and then I put a short silver ethernet cable between the ER and the streamer and this gave the best clarity, definition and dynamics. I am super happy with the EtherRegen. Jerry PS. Just had a funny idea. What if I replaced the netgear switch with another ER switch, 2 in series. that should really clean things up....I really like over the topism. |
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