feelingears
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@cat6man The nice thing is that the mRendu creators are online a lot. Here's the apparent answer from a post at Computer Audiophile (MicroRendu, p. 83, #2103):
MPD/DLNA is of course the mode used for MinimServer. Does this mean the mRendu is a "bad" renderer? I don't think so, but I hear a difference on my system and it tells me to use LMS/Squeezelite. At least, until I try out HQPlayer someday because people are talking that up even more (as well as its unintuitive setup quirks).
So for now, Squeezelite is heads and shoulders above what I'm used to hearing in my home. I'm about to try a battery power supply (which is supposed to be on par/better than an LPS), and then maybe I'll muck around with replacing my DAC (gotta get the Schiit together, right?) or my router since apparently all parts of the network matter (even the Ethernet cables).
That said, I think that you should try MPD/DLNA in your setup for yourself as the mRendu is "sensitive" (whatever that means in this context) to the other components. Most people are reporting similar effects but there are several people on forums hearing other effects. YMMV.
Let me/us know what you find!
With these two protocols [Roon and HQPlayer] the player is streaming directly to the connected hardware device via the microRendu. In contrast, when the microRendu is used in MPD/DLNA output mode it is actually rendering the content and then streaming directly to the connected hardware device.
MPD/DLNA is of course the mode used for MinimServer. Does this mean the mRendu is a "bad" renderer? I don't think so, but I hear a difference on my system and it tells me to use LMS/Squeezelite. At least, until I try out HQPlayer someday because people are talking that up even more (as well as its unintuitive setup quirks).
So for now, Squeezelite is heads and shoulders above what I'm used to hearing in my home. I'm about to try a battery power supply (which is supposed to be on par/better than an LPS), and then maybe I'll muck around with replacing my DAC (gotta get the Schiit together, right?) or my router since apparently all parts of the network matter (even the Ethernet cables).
That said, I think that you should try MPD/DLNA in your setup for yourself as the mRendu is "sensitive" (whatever that means in this context) to the other components. Most people are reporting similar effects but there are several people on forums hearing other effects. YMMV.
Let me/us know what you find!