I bought a 150 model from music direct. It sells for 4995.00. If you order on phone instead of online they give a 10% discount and free shipping. I watched several utube videos and could not find a negative review. My unit arrives tomorrow. I will let you know how it sounds out of the box. It takes a 4tb ssd if you want that much. Just watch the utubes, they have several for each model.
HiFi Rose RS250
Hi, all. There doesn't seem to be one, yet, so I thought I'd start just a general discussion thread on this new streamer for owners to share tips, tricks, issues, solutions, system setup, etc. Kind of a one-stop shop for any potential owner, as well.
I just took delivery of mine. It's smaller than I expected, which is not a complaint. Doesn't need to be any bigger than it is. Took me longer to find the right length of digital cable from the closet than it did to actually set the thing up, and that's including letting it install a firmware update. Seems to be pretty plug-and-play. It had the correct input selected by default. I turned off all the outputs but the one I'm using. Picked up my iPad, told Roon to send it music, and away she went. No muss, no fuss.
I'm feeding mine via ethernet. Qobuz is the main source. Some local files, as well. Output is coax digital to the DAC in my Mac pre, for now. I'll be switching to the USB out when my Denafrips Pontus arrives, and balanced analog from there to the pre.
No tips or tricks to report so far, as I haven't needed any. :)
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I've had the RS150B for a few months now, and absolutely love it. I'm using it's internal DAC feeding my Accuphase integrated. Roon via ethernet. I also have my Leak transport feeding the RS150B. Not the best DAC I've owned, but sound quality is excellent enough and I like having a one box solution. When I get the itch to upgrade to a new DAC I'll still keep the RS150 and use as just a streamer, but currently have no desire to do so (this week).
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I had the RS 250 for about a month. Great unit. Decent build quality and loved the front panel look. Used it as a Roon endpoint and streamed Qobuz. Utilized the internal DAC and had it also connected to our LG TV (toslink). Feeding GaN based Class D Audio and older Hypex UcD 700s. Unfortunately, I experienced audio drop outs and unit lock ups. It drove my wife nuts, so shipped it back to Music Direct. I really don't know if it was network issues or the unit itself. I did read a Rose forum post that they experienced the same problems. Contemplating if I should replace it or maybe move up to the 150. Currently using a MiniDSP SHD and really want to keep the Dirac functionality.
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@mbolek Hm, sorry to hear that. With so few of them in use so far, it's probably hard to say if it was a faulty unit or a design flaw (or something else). Were you using ethernet, or WiFi? |
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