Nice summary I look at units like that with bells and whistles and agree all I need is the ability to stream music. It sure is pretty though!
My thoughts on the HiFi Rose 150B
Well, after the honeymoon wore off I ended sending the HiFiRose 150 back. It boiled down to how I’d use it and it just wasn’t 3k better than my Auralic Aries G1. The Rose is a great piece with tons of features and it sounded great. The video features (RoseTube, Tidal music videos) is certainly cool along with the display and all the other things it can do but streaming Qobuz and Tidal it did one thing noticeably better and that was MQA which I figured it would. My Anthem isn’t MQA certified so using my Auralic USB into it doesn’t give me the full MQA experience but listening to Tidal SD and Qobuz HD/SD it was pretty close. I could have added a TV to my music room to fully enjoy what the Rose does but I have a great movie/video system so it’s not something I was ultimately willing to do. So in the end, I don’t have anything bad to say about the 150, it’s built really well, sounds great and has tons of features but it doesn’t fit my needs.
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One difference is Rose is touchscreen, Cambridge is not. That would be a nice added feature. My Cambridge replaces Squeezebox Touch which had touchscreen. NAD, Naim and Rose are 3 these days that do have touchscreen. FWIW. Evo 150 has a very nice remote but I almost always use Cambridge Streammagic on iPhone instead. AirPlay is a very nice streaming option for up to CD resolution. |
I have had my 150 for about 5 months and love everything about it. Finally settled on the Rose after going through several streamer/DACs (M10, Evo 150, Teac NT-505, RS250, C658). I actually also have a MiniDSP SHD that is being used in another room and really like that one too. The 150 checks all the boxes and gives me the flexibility to try different amplification. Primarily using Class D. Going back and forth between Purifi and a GaN 400 as my reference paired with my Elysian 2s. Built like a tank and have not had any network/connection issues which I can't claim for the other units that I have had. And the VU meters, brings me back to a good old days....
@willg1985 take a look at the RS250. Same streamer capabilities as the 150, but at a lower price point. |
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