PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONIntroducing the Sonore Signature Series Rendu. We looked at the standard Rendu, already providing fantastic performance in many systems, and thought hard about how it might be improved, how we might lower jitter, and improve on its digital precision. We decided the correct way to go would be to upgrade all facets of the design making incremental improvements which add up to considerable performance gains. The power supply is upgraded both in parts quality and layout. The big addition is the new isolated, clock/re-clock, output board. By specification, the Ethernet input is already isolated from the noise on the network, but there is still some noise produced on the processing board. To generate an absolutely pure clock signal, we added a separate, isolated, output board with a separately regulated power supply. This output board holds the dual Crystek CCHD oscillators, the re-clocking circuitry, and the output drive circuitry for SPDIF and I2S. Because the Signature Series Rendu generates clean clocks and then reclocks on the output board right before the SPDIF and I2S output jitter is lowered even further. Additionally, a very special SPDIF driver circuitry results in a perfectly clean SPDIF waveform which allows one to get the best out of any SPDIF input DAC. While the original Rendu has set the Ethernet to SPDIF and I2S standard up to now, the new Signature Series Rendu takes performance to the next level, this is the best SPDIF and I2S we can make, and we suspect that you will think so as well.
SIGNATURE SERIES FEATURESBeautiful custom made case built in the USA
Custom made footers with Sorbothane isolators
Power supply with internally shielded Plitron transformer (the best, from Canada)
QSpeed super soft diodes
Low ESR caps
Ultra-low noise discrete linear regulators
Custom made Sonore output board with SPDIF (BNC 75-Ohm) and LVDS i2s (HDMI)
Ultra high-quality SPDIF output
Output re-clocking totally isolated from the processor board
All signals re-clocked on the isolated board in an ultra-low noise environment via low phase noise oscillators (Crystek CCHD Series)
384K PCM ready (pending firmware)
Blue Jean bonded Ethernet cable with test certificate
Warranty card and manual
STANDARD FEATURESSupports
Tidal lossless streaming via BubbleUPNP controller on an Android device
Supports gapless playback
Supports DSD/DoP pass-through via SPDIF output
Isolation from server noise over a network
Asynchronous Ethernet to SPDIF / LVDS i2s output
Integrated, 32-bit, high precision volume control
Supports 24-bit PCM playback at sample rates up to 192KHz via SPDIF and LVDS i2s output
Supports native DSD playback up to DSD128 via LVDS i2s output
Controlled via apps on a computer, Android, and iOS device
UPnPTM AV 2.0 / DLNA compliant
Gold plated exposed copper on printed circuit boards
Impedance control on the digital output module
Stripline design with traces buried in the inner layers of the board to give the best signal integrity and EMI protection
LVDS i2s COMPATIBILITYPS Audio - PerfectWave DAC MKI/MKII
PS Audio - DirectStream DAC
Rockna - Wavequest (pending verification)
Sonore - Signature Series DAC
K&K Audio - RAKK DAC
Wadia - Intuition (pending verification)
Wtred4Sound - DAC-2/DAC-2 DSDse
CONTROLLERS and SERVERSControllers for gapless playbackJ River with/without J Remote, Audionet, Bubble UPNP, Foobar2000 with UPNP/DLNA plug-in
PCM serversDiskstation, J River, MinimServer, Logitech Media Server (LMS), Mini DLNA, Assest, Twonky, eLyric Music Manager (EMM)
PCM + DSD/DoP serversMinimServer running, J-River, Foobar2000 with SACD plug-in
SPECIFICATIONSDimension: 12.75in (width) x 3in (height) x 10.25in (depth)
Weight: TBDlb
Standard power ratings: 120VAC, 60Hz
OPTIONSCardas SPDIF or HDMI cable
Cardas power cord
Power input: 220 VAC *this unit is not CE rated*
AVAILABILITYDiscontinued
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