Sonore Signature Rendu SE Deluxe

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My Signature Rendu arrived today. Up and running with Roon and my Ayre QX-5 in 5 minutes. 

 

Jesus, the Signature is beautiful looking!

 

 

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Thanks to Barrows for the excellent job updating my Signature Rendu SE (tier 3 updates) and fuse.

 

Also thanks to Jesus, John, and Adrian.

 

Those of you updating your Signature are in for a real treat!

 

Steve

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I have a few questions for Jesus and or Barrows:

 

Is the optical board in the Signature Rendu SE a little larger than that found in the opticalRendu?  How much DDR3 RAM is used in the opticalRendu/Signature Rendu SE?

 

I am looking forward to the release of your opticalModule.

 

Thanks!

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Thanks Jesus

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I ordered the new Signature Rendu SE optical v3 the other day. Looking forward to sharing my sonic impressions of this new update.

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Thanks for the update Barrows. Appreciated!

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A few folks contacted me asking how I liked the ver 3. It has not been shipped to the best of my knowledge. Given that Sonore and SGC have always sent stuff to me pretty quickly in the past, I guess they just don’t have a completed product to sell yet.

 

 

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5 hours ago, Mags said:

 

Nothing yet Mags. My order was placed 3 months ago.

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1 hour ago, Mags said:

I was told a couple days ago they'll send me a ver.2 to use until my ver.3 is ready. Hasn't shipped yet, though. Stay tuned.

This is a good thing! Hey, I've been offered "Soon". 

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6 hours ago, vortecjr said:

We have been working through some post production issues. For the past two days John has been testing a fix with good results. Two of the fixes have very postivide affect on the units overall so we are excited to have uncovered them as a consequence of the detaled analysis. Next is some testing in various systems as proof of concept and then incororate the fixs on the production run. It's slow work and we appreciate your patience.   

When can we expect to get our orders?

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19 hours ago, vortecjr said:

We have been working through some post production issues. For the past two days John has been testing a fix with good results. Two of the fixes have very postivide affect on the units overall so we are excited to have uncovered them as a consequence of the detaled analysis. Next is some testing in various systems as proof of concept and then incororate the fixs on the production run. It's slow work and we appreciate your patience.   

It all looks very promising. In the end, it should be with the wait. 👍

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I successfully set up my new Signature Rendu SE Deluxe. It seems to be working well with my Roon Nucleus +.  I'll let it play for 24 hours before listening.

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Jesus, Adrian, and Barrows:

 

My initial sonic impressions of the Signature Rendu SE Deluxe are that it is an amazing accomplishment. As good as the former model was, the new Deluxe is a big-time improvement.

 

You folks should be very proud of your new creation !

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1 hour ago, vortecjr said:

I want to also thank John, Andrew, Jim, and Alex. Finally, thanks to you guys! 
 

Enjoy! 

 

I can't believe that I forgot to mention John Swenson !!

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Here are my sonic impressions of the Signature Rendu SE Deluxe over the last 2 weeks plus. I still have my Signature Rendu SE Optical for comparisons. 

The soundstage of the Deluxe is wider and deeper than the previous model. I feel the Deluxe has superior transparency allowing one to hear details in well known recordings that were previously obscured by the earlier Optical model. The bass is tighter and better defined on the Deluxe. 

The older Optical seems to compress the sound resulting in a slight hardness to the sound. The Deluxe is more dynamic sounding with a sense of ease that is simply outrageous to hear.