Sonos Connect Wyred4Sound Mod Any Good?

I have the Sonos Connect Ultimo by Magna audio.

The difference is the Ultimo has an upgraded power supply along with a new clock.

It’s very good. I use it with an external DAC.

You have to use it with ethernet and not wi-fi.

And great care has to be taken with the ethernet signal to avoid noise.

I am a hardcore CD playback guy, but streaming Tidal with the Connect Ultimo is winning me over.

Macdude


what DAC are you using? 
I have a yggy and it seems my stock Sonos gets it clock cleaned by the yggy,  but I would like to be able to give the yggy the best opportunity to excel. 
Can you add any advice of me leaving my Sonos as stock or spending ~450.00 to perhaps not really hearing any improvement ?

Psickerson, I’m using an Exemplar exception DAC.

I haven’t heard a stock Sonos, but I’m happy with the Ultimo upgrade.

I would think it’s no-brainer upgrade for Yggy.

You can by a new Sonos Ultimo from Magna audio and get a 2 week audition period.

Though care has to be taken with the ethernet connection.

I use ethernet power line and when I moved it from the wall outlet to my Entreq Powerus Challenger, there was a seismic leap in performance.

I will be adding a Waversa hub to regenerate the ethernet signal to feed the Sonos.

And upgrade from the cheap ethernet cables I’m using.

Schiits response to my email said to not send an up sample to yggy,. It is better to let it do take care of it.  The only other improvement from the upgrade would the better clock low jitter.  The yggy already says it has s good stream so I don't see how an upgrade to the stock Sonos would be any improvement.   Am I missing something?

Jitter is a big deal. You want to feed your DAC the lowest jitter source possible. 

The power supply upgrade on the Ultimo can't hurt either.