The oM does burn in a bit - it’s not the fiber of course, but the linear regulators and clock. But you should notice an uplift right off the bat (in front your ND555). Best practice is to not plug the upstream and downstream devices on the same circuit, and the nearest one not on the same circuit as the hifi.
I’ll have my opticalRendu on Friday which is really the end game as far as the oM is concerned, at least according to Sonore and users over on AS. Cant wait…
I’m pretty sure that the one thing that doesn’t need a “burn in”, at all, is the clock (the FEMTO oscillator)… The “clock” is the one thing that shouldn’t vary
Anyway, as said above I’ll connect the OM between the 3560 and my computer and test/monitor it during a couple of weeks.
The OM and the LPS-1.2 will be placed in my network cabinet with the rest of the network stuff. The network cabinet is in a cubbyhole where I store my climbing stuff as well, far from the listening room
The opticalRendu for Roon showed up. Feeding it via the opticalModule and out put via Atlas Element USB cable (for the time being). Sound is incredibly detailed, natural and more relaxed (without losing the Naim PRAT) and for the first time I feel like I’m truly hearing what hi-end hifi is about. As good as the microRendu 1.4 is for what it is, the opticalRendu/opticalModule combo take it to the next level. Still having to use the mR for the office so the server shelf is getting full up!
Hey thanks. Yeah, trying to eke as much out of the V1 as possible, and the opticalRendu is a huge jump. After having invested so much in the microRendu with the upgrade and everything, and an opticalModule bridge, I was hesitant to take the jump. But the offer was too good, and glad I did. Incredibly real sounding instrumentation, long decays, and much lower noise floor (actually have to turn it up more now). Runs really hot - put a black aluminum heat sink on top to see if that does anything. But I’m using Sonore’s PS (Audience Forte power cable, and Ghent Neotech solid 16ga DC cable). Still burning in - no idea how many hours a company demo would have and it looks unused to me.
Using the Small Green Computer LPS that came with the package deal to power the mR (middle of server shelf) to cast Roon to the Unitiqute (this ‘budget’ oR has only the Roon app). Even having to not sell the mR I saved a bunch of $ though. Simplified all around and now have an opticalModule to sell and… start considering a rebuild for the 160… and maybe a better USB cable. Slippery slopes…
I don’t understand how someone can be unconvinced before even having tried. Specially for a product which is so acclaimed on all audio forums.
Anyway don’t want however to continue this eternal discussion that appears regularly in the streaming threads.
Absolutely, you’re obviously right. It’s in our very nature. There is always a bias of some kind; the stronger the bias the more one’s perception is altered. A rather interesting subject.
I try not to take this whole “audiophile” thing too seriously. Of course I enjoy having new toys, but not enough to suffer from strong bias (at least I hope so!).
Being sceptic and not expecting wonders is my very bias.
But as you may have noticed I bought all that stuff. So not expecting it do the job it is supposed to do wouldn’t be particularly clever.
Poor snakes! For that particular usage I suggest hippogriff oil, commonly known as “liquid flash”. It allows photons to travel faster than light through the fiber. Unfortunately it is quite rare, brewed by Dumbledore himself!
Why don’t you just hook it up to the ND555 and see? I don’t understand this need to ‘monitor’ it. Yes, both pieces will burn in and sound better over time, but if there’s a change, you’ll hear it from the get go. Keep in mind this will be subtle, and only a bit of extra glaze (or possibly glaze removal as it may be) on an already well iced cake.
I half agree, because I would not wait personally 1 week before installing it before the streamer. But would at least let it run 24 hours before listening.
I have some sorry news for you. Had a look at the specs of the ND555 and the oM won’t output to that - it only outputs 1000 and won’t auto negotiate (so the receiver needs to be 10/100/1000). The ND555 is 10/100 only,