We sell both the Blue Sound and the Innuous, there is no contest between the devices.
Optical sucks period especially compared to a high quality usb cable and running Roon through it.
However, it is a Quad headphone rig. on the other hand the Quad headphone amp is fantastic and on good cans you can hear any difference.
The Mini would be our choice, or the other option would be to swap out the Codex for a Lumin D2 which is a steaming dac, which therefore needs nothing to work as it is a Roon endpoint allready.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Innuous, Lumin, Blue Sound and Quad dealers
Optical sucks period especially compared to a high quality usb cable and running Roon through it.
However, it is a Quad headphone rig. on the other hand the Quad headphone amp is fantastic and on good cans you can hear any difference.
The Mini would be our choice, or the other option would be to swap out the Codex for a Lumin D2 which is a steaming dac, which therefore needs nothing to work as it is a Roon endpoint allready.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Innuous, Lumin, Blue Sound and Quad dealers