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  1. Actually, my 'needs' go beyond what jriver can deliver. I use either specialist tooling, other music/media players and/or hardware solutions for many of the things mentioned. If jriver could do some of the things (functionality wise) it usually lacked the quality or completeness I desired. In a way jriver to me is what iTunes is to many; incomplete and poorly implemented features lacking quality and/or sophistication and/or freedom to do the things I like, the way I like. I discussed Roon as a customer centric company, didn't discuss the product. Also they haven't been developing it since 1998 like jriver has. Looking at the speed they're currently developing at they'll soon cater to more/most peoples wishes. Anyway I'm done discussing this, for me jriver is exit. Glad it still suffices for others but I think it's days are numbered. The cloud/streaming ultimately is the future (teenagers today no longer buy much physical media do they?) and of course not using PC's but any device/anywhere. Microsoft already dropped MCE support and for media center applications of both local and cloud sourced media the free, platform agnostic and open source Kodi, with it's rich plug-in ecosystem, wins the battle easily today. (using the same (external) video codecs btw if you'd like)
  2. Thank you for answering John. There's theory and the real world so I'm glad you actually test these sort of things. (using your ears as well) Of course the Wurth's I linked to do filtering only (like the AQ Jitterbug which I also didn't like in my system) but I'm probably going to be stubborn and test galvanic isolation, using the Intona and/or my Mutec MC3+ USB (which also re-clocks and converts to AES3) between the microrendu and DAC. I do know Superdad owns an Intona USB Isolator but I'm not sure if you guys tested it with the microRendu. edit: now my post crossed Superdad's. Thank you for answering as well Alex! You two seem to feel the same about filtering of the USB interface. I'll patiently await the further details until they're ready to be disclosed.
  3. Hi microrendu design team! Did you guys also put something like this into the microrendu? https://www.we-online.de/web/en/electronic_components/produkte_pb/application_notes/usbeple.php
  4. But why compare the company to Apple who caters millions of people with their free iTunes software. I'd rather compare them to Roon. Now that's a customer centric company that's -really- listening to it's customer base and doesn't feel a need to offend their own customers. JRiver IMO tries to please too many people with too much differing functionality in one single monolithic product. And yes, I realize it's a media center product, not just a music player/streamer. It's more than they seem to be able to handle nowadays. Besides all this they have too many outspoken views/dogma's that contradict and often ridicule us 'gullible audiophiles'. Their way is the only way. There's little love or respect for what we do. Fine but then don't pretend to be an audiophile player as well. This all combined with poor support, forum censoring, some conflict with JPlay which they handled very poorly (to say it nicely) and much better alternatives out there have made me jump ship. There's no love of loyalty here to the jriver company or it's product, it's just a business I once paid to use it's product, a product that no longers caters to my wishes and a company which has policies and ways that offend me. Not just me, I think that within five years there will be very little jriver users left, at least of the type of users that frequent this forum.
  5. I read it again and I've actually been very mild, considering. It's just an honest opinion written in a direct way without political correctness. The tenderhearted who don't agree or don't like it, can just move on.
  6. Well for now I'd say: 'The idea behind the uRendu is that it has a purpose-built PCB and very meticulously designed circuit as well as selected parts all for the 'purpose' of great audiophile results.' As always the proof of the pudding is in the eating. The quality of the implementation of the ideas and goals in the end is key and of course determines the end result. Thus far I agree that it has great potential and I'd love to see the makers goals accomplished as they align with my own as an end-user.
  7. ^^^^^ +1 finally a sane reply! It was all becoming a bit "too American"!
  8. Is there anything jriver as a product still excels in? As a company they really excel in pissing off their customers, but the product? Seriously, I can't really think of anything not being done better by others. For me it used to be it's iOS remote which was developed by a third party developer who after becoming employed by jriver now also seems to have jumped ship. What's left other than promises and plans while they wait for certain external factors to stabilize (keep waiting if you'd like but don't mind us not waiting with you) and go back and forth the same area's since 1998 (they seem to have forgotten their website and manuals in this process btw)? IoT? Please, they really think they can do better or make any contribution to that area of the market? Talk about one typical market that's constantly moving and anything but stable, then that's a great example. Besides they're at least a decade behind so it'll be just another set of features poorly done if done by just one person on a tight and no doubt insignificant budget. Good bye jriver, we've had a great time but you're now obsolete and have been replaced.
  9. He did indeed hint at a new or upgraded Regen. No details on ETA or technical improvements though. A comparison thread at this point is a bit silly IMO. It's here: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f6-dac-digital-analog-conversion/which-one-buy-uptone-universal-serial-bus-industry-standard-cables-connectors-and-communications-protocols-between-computers-and-electronic-devices-regen-or-intona-universal-serial-bus-industry-standard-cables-connectors-and-communications-protocols-between-computers-and-electronic-devices-isolator-26815/index14.html#post520212
  10. Perhaps he's left the sinking ship and is working for Roon Labs now!
  11. Yes, however the USB part is XMOS based like the Mutec (and of course many others) so it's compatible with a broad range of OS'es including Windows.
  12. Yes. I noticed my JCAT battery drains quicker (it makes a relay clicking noise when it switches from active to passive battery and it does this more often now) with the Mutec in the chain. iago measured it to be around 2W, see here: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f6-dac-digital-analog-conversion/mutec-mc-3-a-17300/index12.html#post515633
  13. First, it's clear you're affiliated to Sonore so this makes me a bit of a skeptic regarding to what you wrote. John Swenson told us about the "radical power network" of the Microrendu here: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f26-sonore-sponsored/sonore-microrendu-ethernet-universal-serial-bus-industry-standard-cables-connectors-and-communications-protocols-between-computers-and-electronic-devices-output-27389/index19.html#post518167 Yet you still advise a "very very special" or "really, really, really good" PSU and even add that it's "very important". This doesn't boost confidence to the isolation and power handling/filtering qualities of the Microrendu. Are you trying to warm up interest for Uptone's 'mystery PSU' or do you yourself or Sonore have something in the works? Of course I do know how important clean and stable powering and careful grounding are but the above may be confusing to many and might require some additional elaboration.
  14. I thought it's not right what you said here but the manual indeed says this is the way of operation. I'm confused, Julian told us it would re-clock and bypass DoP as long as it is DoP64. http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f6-dac-digital-analog-conversion/mutec-mc-3-a-17300/index4.html#post473562 Guess I'll just have to try and see what's the "truth" in practice. Whatever way it works it would be nice if we would have a choice if it would convert to PCM or pass through DoP with re-clocking. Even DoP128 is technically possible for AES/EBU according to: DoP open Standard | DSD-Guide.com edit; just tested it and it indeed converts DoP64 to either 44.1, 88.2 or 174.4 PCM (you can manually choose the desired sample rate)...
  15. As if all streamers/servers are equal... Anyway, I haven't come across a single report in which the Mutec at the end of the chain didn't improve whatever was in front of it.
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