13th Note HiFi Review of Network Streamers

I love the OpticalRendu. I have recommended this to so many people. 

When I first hooked it to my DAC the improvement in sound was so great that I bought a second opticalRendu immediately for my second DAC.

I have a music network setup that I imagine is incredibly noisy. Yet my streaming sounds incredible. My setup is as follows:

1) A cheap Dell Server in a far away room running ROON Server
2) A PowerLine network to extend my Ethernet network. My ROON Server machine connected to the PowrLine network
3) Ubiquiti Network Switch with 2 SFP cages near my DACs
4) Sonore OpticalRendu for ROON Only. Takes the Fibre and converts to USB which goes to my DAC.

I also have a microRendu and use that on a system for my 5 year old son in his play room. He says the microRendu has a bigger soundstage and blacker background.

@agillis Since the UltraDigital comes after the OpticalRendu. Along with the fact that it must have a power supply then the benefits of the OpticalRendu would be lessened. The Power Supply of the UltraDigital would be inside the isolation barrier that the OpticalRendu provides.

@audioman58  Have you heard the opticalRendu with a fibre network? If so, what are the better streamers you have heard?