HRT' Streamer II'

[roob]

Some interesting comments on the Rega dac compared to a Saturn here.
http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/s...d.php?t=110991

[Gazjam]

Cheers Andy,
very interesting....

the Brio-R comes out smelling of Roses regardless, which is good to know.
(looks over his RS3's...)

[Rare Bird]

tbh:
I think it's silly to compare the other DAC's mentioned against the HRT 'Streamers', the latter are meant to be used as music steamers via USB thats all.For this purpose they are magnificent, i can't wait to get my hands on the 'Headstreamer'

[Tim]

Just a quick update to my previous posts, as I have now tried a further combination of software with the HRT Music Streamer II+ and again this was without issue, I just plugged and played (note this was a fresh installation of Windows 7 Pro SP1 64bit with nothing else on the drive).

JRiver Media Center 17 is currently running perfectly with the HRT using the inbuilt WASAPI output, I had to do nothing further than select WASAPI in the 'Audio' menu selection. I have been listening to it for the last 3 hours with an assortment of music and at the moment I am preferring it to foobar2000. JRiverMC17 seems to really like Windows 7 and the HRT, but I have not compared version 17 with XP or Vista. This is also running on my main PC whilst I am typing this and at times foobar would stutter whilst doing other tasks on my desktop, whereas I have yet to experience the slightest glitch with JRiverMC17.

Win7 64
Intel E8500 8GB RAM
JRiverMC17/WASAPI/FLAC
MG1000HD
HRT Music Streamer II+
Matrix M-Stage headamp
Sennheiser HD650

It's a big thumbs up for this combination at the moment . . .