The build quality of the device is DIY hobbyist level. It consists of basic off the shelf parts, things that already just do what they do as they come from a 3rd party, implemented in a competent if basic manner.
Thanks Amir, but there is nothing DIY or hobbyist about it.
Sonicorbiter OS among other things.
For the price charged, I find it to be utterly ridiculous especially considering that you have to supply your own power supply and you better bring at least a good LPS because I would hate to see what gets into and through that device with a wall wart.
Thanks again, so now you can fully judge a product's value without ever having heard it, that's phenomenal.
It costs MORE than the Node2, doesn't include a power supply, doesn't include the server, it is basically what, a homemade Chromecast?
Yes it does cost more than a Node2, no it does not include a cheap crappy SMPS like the Node2, no it does not include a local-storage server, and no, it is neither homemade, nor does it have anything to do with the Chromecast at all, neither it's hardware or software is in any way compatible with or comparable to a Chromecast.
I'd list all of the ways that it's vastly different from a Chromecast for you, but I know that won't matter based on the way you've completely ignored making any kind of reply to
Post #51, instead shifting your focus to attacking Sonore products.
You do realize what an absolute ass Amir made out of himself in the original pan review he did of this device, which had to be stricken from the record in the interest of revisionist history? You know, where he made the completely
false claims that the microRendu was not bit perfect, and that it had caused an 8 dB rise in the analog output of his DAC, backed by "measurements"? How'd that turn out for good ole' Amir, any egg on his face there? Any shred of truth to either of his bullshit claims? None at all, right?
But a data stream is not an 'analog' of anything. It is..what it is.
So bits are just bits then, thanks for that. Olson and I and various others must all be deaf then.
You haven't answered how its different. Beyond time domain accuracy and freedom from mains corruption/RF, how is the data stream going to be different?
Sonicorbiter OS, Texas Instruments low noise LDO regulator, custom board layout, manufactured by SolidRun, femto clock in the HW1.4 version, and various other things you will claim make no difference and or have no actual knowledge of.
I am under no obligation to be cross examined by your maniacal demands for proof of something, take anything I say here as accurate or not, but I will not be subjected to your demands for proof. You aren't an EE, and neither am I, so get off that pedestal.
I feel people are being sent on a fool's errand by charlatan products that don't do anything special
Who was sent on that errand and when? At what point in time did you become the arbiter of what is a charlatan product and what is not? Read Prime Minister's post, he asked a question about what other brand of streamers he might consider. I answered it, and I doubt we have a need for the poor unwashed masses to be protected here, you are the consumer protection police now?
And I say that from how horrible the iFi iPower was on my iFi iPhono2.
Thats because you didn't shunt the
AC leakage current to ground. Just about any SMPS has that exact same issue, not just the iPower. That said, the iPower does measure exceptionally well in terms of noise within the audio band (better than many LPS units at just 1uV). Why doesn't iFi just ground the dang thing in the first place? They would like to sell you their $49 Groundhog accessory
(I made my own instead).
John, I never attacked Bluesound in any way, I actually praised them more than once. Go back and reread that, you'll see. I'm sorry if your feelings are hurt, but they shouldn't be,
everything is indeed made to a price point. However I think I can sum it all up like this:
OP's thread topic question: Is there such thing as a better sounding streamer?
My reply: Yes, but at what cost and complexity?
Your reply? Something to the effect of "No there is no difference between any two streamers, it's all just ones and zeros and people are being fleeced, especially by the evil Sonore, (but Bluesound is the very best streamer out there)".