Thanks to Christoph and Edward, we had today a very interesting meeting listening to the SGM-2015 with several TOL DACs (Aqua Formula, TotalDAC & DAVE) and comparing it to other sources.
All 4 attendee have been convinced by the superiority of the SGM server but... the main surprise, after comparing the SGM-2015 to the SonicTransporter + MicroRendu, without using up-sampling, was that the main interest of the SGM is may be not his upscaling capabilities via HQPlayer, but his quality as a ROON Music server.
It provides indeed a very clean and quiet music flow to the USB DACs, even without up-sampling via HQserver. The Up-sampling being an added bonus to this TOL music server.
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