I know allot of guys compare gear till the cows come home but I truly believe the signal feed is the start of all good or bad regardless of equipment in the chain.I also believe that everything is relative to personal experience, budget constraints , synergy of components and so on.Moving on to my experience with first the Audiobyte dac which was a great upgrade from my other dacs. My next purchase will be the Rockna Edition balanced dac. Combine any dac with the Rockna WD net server and you will be in position to hear things you have never heard from your system.Currently Im using the Rockna WD net server with the Audiobyte dac via i2S connection.
I did have in the past a very fine CD player , the Ayon CD 3, which I believe was their top of the line at one time. The music was resolved and powerful but I wanted to move to a server based system.My first purchase was a Lumin D1 , which was good but not world class , I then purchased the Sonore Ultra Rendu with signature power supply and an I 7 server which sounds really good especially with the Audiobyte dac in the chain. I could have actually lived with this set up but I love this hobby and love trying new things in hope to squeeze a bit more out of my stereo system.I will keep the Sonore gear for my office set up but for my main rig its the Rockna WD net server.
I love this server and its a huge step up from the Ayon CD player and any other server I have owned.The music sounds really open, detailed and live.
The bass I find extremely articulate and fast in my set up.Using it as a CD player is also a bonus because this unit is so versatile and to date no hiccups in connecting to Roon.In my opinion this is a world class server and cant wait to marry it in the very near future with the Rockna balanced dac.
I did have in the past a very fine CD player , the Ayon CD 3, which I believe was their top of the line at one time. The music was resolved and powerful but I wanted to move to a server based system.My first purchase was a Lumin D1 , which was good but not world class , I then purchased the Sonore Ultra Rendu with signature power supply and an I 7 server which sounds really good especially with the Audiobyte dac in the chain. I could have actually lived with this set up but I love this hobby and love trying new things in hope to squeeze a bit more out of my stereo system.I will keep the Sonore gear for my office set up but for my main rig its the Rockna WD net server.
I love this server and its a huge step up from the Ayon CD player and any other server I have owned.The music sounds really open, detailed and live.
The bass I find extremely articulate and fast in my set up.Using it as a CD player is also a bonus because this unit is so versatile and to date no hiccups in connecting to Roon.In my opinion this is a world class server and cant wait to marry it in the very near future with the Rockna balanced dac.
