volumio rivo plus and lineo5 - who has heard and can comment on this unit?

I was on the same ban wagon and I could provide you with the following useful information.  First, here is the conversation I had with Alvin, Founder of VinShine Audio:

Q: "What is your no-confirmation-bias recommendation bet. Rivo Plus + Lhy25VA and Lumio U2 Mini w/ internal LPS upgrade?  Thank you."

A: As much as I would love to sell my Lumin U2 Mini (one ex-demo, and one brand new, sealed unit), I would still honestly say that the RIVO+ is a better sounding unit. 

The original RIVO is about the level of the U2 Mini. But the RIVO+ took it further, it’s above the Lumin. I told a few customers here in Singapore the same, and sold several RIVO+ lately for the same reason. 

I guess if I continue to do that, I will be stuck with two unsold Lumin U2 mini for a while

Now, Lumin U2 is better than the Mini, with twice of the price but not twice better.  Rivo+/LPS is a level better than the U2 Mini but less than 1/3 price of U2.

Second, take a look at the assessment from Hans and iiwi

1B -------- Innous Zenith Mk3 (Volumio Rivo+ / LPS per iiwi or)

   1/4-------- Innuos Zen Mk3; (Volumio Rivo+ / LPS)

   1/2-------- Volumio Rivo / LPS

   3/4-------- Node ICON

2A ------- Volumio Rivo

So, Rivo+ / LPS could be on par with Zen or Zenith.  Price wise, Rivo+ / LPS is selling at around $1650 New, Zen Mk3 Used (3-5 yrs) is selling around a similar or higher price, and Zenith Mk3 Used (again 3-5 yrs) is selling around $2.5k.  Rivo+ / LPS has richer set of outputs incl. I2s and additional USB for ext. SSD/HDD, while Innuos has CD ripper and built-in SSD.  What else do you want to know?

They are not selling the Lineo5 power supply in the U.S.  I don't know if that is temporary or permanent.  If you supplied it with an even better power supply would that improve it even more?

VinShine uses Lhy LPS25VA which has very decent ripple noise level down to 16 micro Volt (rms) on empty load and 150-200 micro Volt (rms) at full load.  Very decent ratings, much better than Sbooster BOTW P&P ECO MKII (< 1 milliVolt = 1,000 micro Volt at full load).  

thank you lanx0003

great feedback

OP, I ordered one (Rivo+ / Lhy) yesterday from Beatechnik. The ETA is two weeks. I’ll let you know how it performs—I’m curious to see if it lives up to the hype.

cool thanks