The Well-Tempered Computer, an introduction to computer audio

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Sonore Rendu

Ethernet to S/PDIF converter.




This is a DLNA/UPnP 2.0 compliant renderer.
It doesn’t have an interface but as it is a DMR (Digital Media Renderer in DLNA speak), you can control the volume using a DMC (Digital Media Controller).
A DMC can be a PC running a DLNA server/controller software like JRiver or a smartphone with DLNA software.
The schema explains it nicely.


One of the disadvantages of DLNA is the lack of gapless playback.
The Rendu supports it but the controller must support it too.
At the present the Rendu support gapless in combination with Bubble UPNP as controller on Android or JRiver on a PC.

The Sonore Rendu.i2s has Ethernet input and SPDIF/I2S over HDMI out.
A model including a ESS Sabre ES9023 DAC is planned.
At the present only 120 VAC models are available!


Features
  • supports gapless playback*
  • supports DSD/DoP pass thru**
  • powered by an on board, extremely low noise, low output impedance linear power supply
  • isolated from noise on the network
  • operates fully asynchronously, using on board fixed frequency low jitter clocks
  • features a transformer coupled true 75 ohm SPDIF BNC output
  • has an integrated, 32 bit, high precision volume control
  • supports up to 24 bit playback at the following sample rates: 44.1KHz, 48KHz, 88.2KHz, 96KHz, 176.4KHz, 192KHz
  • plays AAC, AIFF, ALAC, FLAC, MP3, and WAV files from HTTP streams
  • controlled via apps on your mobile device
  • UPnPTM AV 2.0 / DLNA compliant
    * Gapless is currently supported via Android with Bubble UPNP as controller, J-River on PC as controller with local storage. Check back for updates.
    ** DSD/DoP pass thru requires the use of MinimServer

Website: Sonore
Price US$ 1369