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Article: Sonore microRendu Review, Part 1


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I wonder if Chris' teaser regarding SQ includes an implicit comparison to some of the recent Aurender units and the dCS Vivaldi Upsampler (I understand that the 2.0 Upsampler streams Tidal and has Roon compatibility). But at its price, I'm trying a microRendu.

- Mark

 

Synology DS916+ > SoTM dCBL-CAT7 > Netgear switch > SoTM dCBL-CAT7 > dCS Vivaldi Upsampler (Nordost Valhalla 2 power cord) > Nordost Valhalla 2 Dual 110 Ohm AES/EBU > dCS Vivaldi DAC (David Elrod Statement Gold power cord) > Nordost Valhalla 2 xlr > Absolare Passion preamp (Nordost Valhalla 2 power cord) > Nordost Valhalla 2 xlr > VTL MB-450 III (Shunyata King Cobra CX power cords) > Nordost Valhalla 2 speaker > Kaiser Kaewero Classic /JL Audio F110 (Wireworld Platinum power cord).

 

Power Conditioning: Entreq Olympus Tellus grounding (AC, preamp and dac) / Shunyata Hydra Triton + Typhoon (Shunyata Anaconda ZiTron umbilical/Shunyata King Cobra CX power cord) > Furutec GTX D-Rhodium AC outlet.

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First impression after 10 minutes. Incredibly easy to set up. Seems less grainy than my Mac mini system (tricked out internals with JS-2 PSU and Regen). Not yet sure about bass depth, but I'm using the ifi PSU and PSU had tremendous impact on bass with my Mac mini. Also, it's literally been 10 minutes.

 

I'm not sure about Aurender, but This seems like trouble for Aurelic. I tried their streamer and did not like it on SQ or GUI. Again, This took me less than 10 minutes to get working with Roon, which is class leading library management versus the Lighning App that gave me trouble.

 

Can't make a really critical SQ analysis after 10 minutes, but this thing seems extremely legit to me.

- Mark

 

Synology DS916+ > SoTM dCBL-CAT7 > Netgear switch > SoTM dCBL-CAT7 > dCS Vivaldi Upsampler (Nordost Valhalla 2 power cord) > Nordost Valhalla 2 Dual 110 Ohm AES/EBU > dCS Vivaldi DAC (David Elrod Statement Gold power cord) > Nordost Valhalla 2 xlr > Absolare Passion preamp (Nordost Valhalla 2 power cord) > Nordost Valhalla 2 xlr > VTL MB-450 III (Shunyata King Cobra CX power cords) > Nordost Valhalla 2 speaker > Kaiser Kaewero Classic /JL Audio F110 (Wireworld Platinum power cord).

 

Power Conditioning: Entreq Olympus Tellus grounding (AC, preamp and dac) / Shunyata Hydra Triton + Typhoon (Shunyata Anaconda ZiTron umbilical/Shunyata King Cobra CX power cord) > Furutec GTX D-Rhodium AC outlet.

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Running Roon Core on a desktop iMac and using microRendu as a Roon endpoint.

 

Will try the JS-2 soon. 9v or 7v? Anyone know for sure. I think 9v.

 

I've always wanted to try lan based music delivery. This microRendu is part of the way.

 

Vivaldi Upsampler 2.0 coming next week. I hope it's better than the microRendu :)

 

Continue to think there is a little grain out using the microRendu vs. Mac mini into the DAC usb, but the stage is a bit smaller and bass is not as deep. Will try the JS-2 when I confirm voltage setting for microRendu.

 

Already certain the microRendu is worth more than the money. At worst, I'll use it in my office system with the NuPrime IDA-8.

- Mark

 

Synology DS916+ > SoTM dCBL-CAT7 > Netgear switch > SoTM dCBL-CAT7 > dCS Vivaldi Upsampler (Nordost Valhalla 2 power cord) > Nordost Valhalla 2 Dual 110 Ohm AES/EBU > dCS Vivaldi DAC (David Elrod Statement Gold power cord) > Nordost Valhalla 2 xlr > Absolare Passion preamp (Nordost Valhalla 2 power cord) > Nordost Valhalla 2 xlr > VTL MB-450 III (Shunyata King Cobra CX power cords) > Nordost Valhalla 2 speaker > Kaiser Kaewero Classic /JL Audio F110 (Wireworld Platinum power cord).

 

Power Conditioning: Entreq Olympus Tellus grounding (AC, preamp and dac) / Shunyata Hydra Triton + Typhoon (Shunyata Anaconda ZiTron umbilical/Shunyata King Cobra CX power cord) > Furutec GTX D-Rhodium AC outlet.

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Ok, about 4 hours in and 3 immediate takeaways below. Going to let it run for a few days then will listen again.

 

1. PSU matters (JS-2 better than ifi - tighter and deeper bass, more dynamic, more detailed, wider stage, very precise imaging, but more forward presentation so far).

2. It's better than my Mac mini system

3. I think Chris is right :)

- Mark

 

Synology DS916+ > SoTM dCBL-CAT7 > Netgear switch > SoTM dCBL-CAT7 > dCS Vivaldi Upsampler (Nordost Valhalla 2 power cord) > Nordost Valhalla 2 Dual 110 Ohm AES/EBU > dCS Vivaldi DAC (David Elrod Statement Gold power cord) > Nordost Valhalla 2 xlr > Absolare Passion preamp (Nordost Valhalla 2 power cord) > Nordost Valhalla 2 xlr > VTL MB-450 III (Shunyata King Cobra CX power cords) > Nordost Valhalla 2 speaker > Kaiser Kaewero Classic /JL Audio F110 (Wireworld Platinum power cord).

 

Power Conditioning: Entreq Olympus Tellus grounding (AC, preamp and dac) / Shunyata Hydra Triton + Typhoon (Shunyata Anaconda ZiTron umbilical/Shunyata King Cobra CX power cord) > Furutec GTX D-Rhodium AC outlet.

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