In Reply to: RE: LANRover's are still available for Beta Testers posted by Mercman on July 27, 2016 at 09:25:40:
several user's tested experience.Those Icron models down the chain have been tested and compared to the top of the line model and a (relative) consensus was achieved in stating that the $479 Icron isochronous, converter sounded better: using the same/similar isochronous chip to what's used in some of the Chord devices.
Some of the devices down in the Icron chain don't galvanically isolate, some don't even convert the signal to TCP/IP and/or are not layer2 or USB 3.0 compatible.
In use, some have dropouts playing music at resolutions higher than 16/44
(I have attached a link to the "better" & more similar model to the PSAudio device: & (likely), the "base" model to the PSAudio).
Icron builds these devices for Startech and PSAudio. At the very least, the "special, audio-only" properties of PSAudio's LanRover eliminates 3 of the 4 USB outputs. I do not know what other changes PSAudio has employed ICron to make for them.MY assumption is that eliminating 3 USB ports in and of itself is a good thing.
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Edits: 07/27/16
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- With respect: your assumptions are not the same as - Sordidman 09:49:45 07/27/16 (16)
- RE: With respect: your assumptions are not the same as - fmak 10:45:26 07/27/16 (9)
- Hey FMAK, as you already know... - Sordidman 19:02:11 07/28/16 (7)
- Thanks - fmak 05:58:40 07/29/16 (0)
- RE: Hey FMAK, as you already know... - Mercman 03:37:07 07/29/16 (0)
- RE: Hey FMAK, as you already know... - AbeCollins 19:20:45 07/28/16 (4)
- RE: Hey FMAK, as you already know... - fmak 05:55:05 07/29/16 (3)
- Will you stop.... - AbeCollins 06:31:41 07/29/16 (2)
- RE: Will you stop....No - fmak 02:30:44 07/31/16 (1)
- Oh, like your - AbeCollins 09:07:49 07/31/16 (0)
- RE: With respect: your assumptions are not the same as - Mercman 04:46:32 07/28/16 (0)
- RE: With respect: your assumptions are not the same as - Mercman 09:53:49 07/27/16 (5)
- RE: With respect: your assumptions are not the same as - Jeff Starr 10:03:46 07/27/16 (4)
- RE: With respect: your assumptions are not the same as - Mercman 10:05:11 07/27/16 (3)
- Sorry: my intention was not to criticize you. The problem - Sordidman 10:10:58 07/27/16 (2)
- RE: Sorry: my intention was not to criticize you. The problem - Mercman 10:14:16 07/27/16 (1)
- I think that what PSAudio is doing here is great too -t - Sordidman 10:22:52 07/27/16 (0)