Let me clarify that my criticism of the 218 is only that it can't match the wide, "airy", effortless and detailed soundstage of Allo's DigiOne when used as a Roon endpoint.

Curiously, it doesn't seem to degrade the DigiOne qualities when I connect it by SPDIF to the 218's coax digital input, so I can still enjoy the Allo sound while using 218 for a first MQA unfold.

Any theories about why there would be a sonic difference between these devices taking the same data from Roon over the same network? Could it be the third party linear psu powering the DigiOne?

Last edited by OldDogCan; 2018-01-27 01:24.
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