Anyone have experience with the new ELAC DDP-2?


I've been seeing tiny bits of news about the ELAC DDP-2 streaming DAC since early last year and only recently has it become available online at a few retailers.  However, there isn't a single review of it that I can find anywhere.  With previous Audio Alchemy products getting great reviews, I can assume a certain level of quality nearly enough to go out on a limb and buy it for a 30-day trial, but I wanted to see if anyone has already taken that leap of faith.

From what I've read it combines the external DC power supply of the DDP-1 internally and uses AKM DACs in a balanced setup with onboard DSD and MQA decoding, upsampling, Spotify Connect and Roon and a headphone amp.

Anyone?
rickallen81
boxer, +1. I can't see replacing my DDP-1/PS 5 anytime soon

Hard to imagine the goodness that the PS 5 adds could be crammed into the DDP-2, unless PM was able to include a HQ SMPS. I replaced the OEM SMPS in my Oppo 105 with a LPM to excellent affect
I had a plan to audition this streamer today, but absence of Tidal build in worries me much. Does this device support chromecast?
Hello, I have a question in using Qobuz with the DDP2. I just have it since 1 week and was streaming it via Airplay so far. Sound was very good, maybe even better then Spotify. But I had problem in sending the full 192/24 high res via Airplay: it stopped several times. Second i didnt like that my phone was needed full time and that music stopped when I got a call.

Knowing that the sound quality of Spotify Connect on the DDP2 has clearly a better quality then streaming it via Airplay, I am wondering if Qobuz would also sound better if it would not run through Airplay?  

How can I stream Qobuz HighRes directly to the DDP2? Will the app Mconnect be able to do that?
This topic seems to be dead!? Just wanted to let you guys know that I managed to run Qobuz via Upnp directly from the DDP2 using the Mconnect app. Here I am really impressed. Quality increased now significantly compared to Spotify! Now I really love it. I never heart a difference between Spotify and Quobuz to be honest. With Airplay all sounds same medium good, but also my Bluesound Node didnt make a difference between Q and S, therefore I quit the Qobuz abo. Now i am thinking to extend the test phase :). 

The only thing i am wondering is why its not getting more then 44,1khz via Qobuz Upnp, eventhough the song has 96 or more. Hope the next Firmware Update will manage that.