New 150b- Experienced Users Thoughts Welcome

Function TIDAL / QOBUZ / SPOTIFY
#14

I have had the 150 for about three months. I initially bought the 250 and sent that back. Unfortunately, had wifi issues (which could have been due to my home network) and some software glitches.

The 150 has been rock solid with no issues. I do have it hard wired, so that may have helped.

Love the unit and don’t feel the streamer/DAC is a step down from separates. Using a Peachtree GaN amp with Wharfedale Elysian 2s. My Roon subscription is about to expire and don’t know if I will renew. Qobuz sounds great and Rose streaming is good.

Been trying different FIR settings and still haven’t found one that I like best.

#15

Rose RS150b Problems
After 7 days of using this unit
This is the first time when I have so many problems with any audio/ video equipment in such a short period of time.
DJ ( since I was 13 ) Audiophile

I hope that is just the software issue not a hardware issue and HiFi Rose engineers will fix it quick because they will lose a lot of potential buyers .

MAJOR ISSUES :

1 NO ROSE SCREEN MIRRORING ON TV
Whatever you see on Rose screen , should be seen on tv , but it shows only still picture .
My couch is 13 feet away ( about 4 meters ) from my entertainment center .
after connecting my external drive to this unit , and trying to find the right folder ,I need to sit right in front of HiFi Rose to see the folders .

Comparing to my Oppo 205 its like night and day , after connecting my external drive to Oppo I can see all folders on the tv screen and quick find what I’m looking for .

2 SYSTEM UNRESPONSIVE
“hifi rose’ system service is not smooth, would you like to restart it? restart/wait”
the system goes unresponsive. a number of times i have had to restart by turning the power switch off.

3 ROSE CAN’T RECOGNIZE EXTERNAL DRIVE
Connecting an external hard drive to the rose through the USB ports
I was able to access the same hard drive through my pc or both my OPPO 105D and 205

4 IPAD ROSE CONNECT APP CANNOT FIND MY ROSE RS150B

It doesn’t show up as a discoverable device when I open the app.
I’ve tried many times, reinstalling the app ( both - unit and iPad connected to the same network )

5 VIDEO ERROR
“Could not play due to temporary error , Please try again later “

6 NO SOUND PLAYING VIDEO FILES
the video plays, but there is no sound ,
need to reboot , search for video again and after rebooting its ok , changing to another external drive cause the same problems , system crashing or losing sound playing video files .

8 SYSTEM CRASHING USING EXTERNAL DRIVE

The system keep crashing. changing to another external drive cause the same problem.

7 LOST BLUETOOTH CONNECTION

Downloaded the latest version as recommended by the unit, RS150B
I have lost Bluetooth connection to the remote and my iPad

8 PLAYING FIRST SONG FROM THE ALBUM

Selecting THE FIRST song from the album using remote , after playing this selected song , unit starts shuffle playing random songs from different albums. IT SHOULD PLAY NEXT SONG FROM THE ALBUM!
If unit cannot find the shuffle songs it’s unresponsive.

9 USING RETURN / BACK BOTTON ON REMOTE
Example
Main directory - drive - main folder - sub folder - sub folder - songs list

Using remote you can go back only to previous sub folder ( every other device let me go back to the main directory using return / back bottom on the remote )

10 NO AUTO POWER OFF FUNCTION

11 ROSE SERVER CONNECTION FAILED ,
It happened many times !

MINOR ISSUES:

1 POOR REMOTE QUALITY

2 REMOTE TOO DARK

During the day when room is sunny and bright it’s ok , but at evening or at night when room is dark is practically invisible comparing to the other remotes , no backlit no big visible icons on botttms )

3 SLOW MEDIA SCANNING RS150B

4 PROGRESS BAR INVISIBLE
( when art cover is in light colors bar is invisible)

5 PLAYING FIFFERENT SONGS – THE SAME WRONG ARTWORK IS ON THE SCREEN

6 WEATHER INFO
The closest city I can set in my region is New York , 100 miles away ! Useless feature.

7 WI-FI/ BLUETOOTH dongle works all the time ( even when unit is off )

#16

@Rob

Interesting comments. Based on your list send the 150 back to let somebody else enjoy.

Go back to spinning your records.

#17

I have had my 150-B for a few weeks fresh out of the box I went straight to the heart of the server ignoring for now all the frills . I have a 2 TB SSD I immediately started to fill up and connected the 150b to my TV .
Sound quality using a Merason Dac 1is exceptional I find this pairing more enjoyable then my previous aging front end , Rockna WaveDream Net server and WaveDream balanced dac . Upgrading my network cable and switch was a huge improvement sound wise listening to internet radio .

My conclusions at the top of my list is the 150-B has exceptional sound quality especially using a high end outboard dac , I suspect it’s a synergy thing happening though I am astonished with the level of natural sounding timbre and tone especially with the human pitch both with internet radio and a selection of ripped CDs .

As for the minor glitches and clunkeness of use I have confidence the Rose team will catch up and smooth out some of these software issues myself and others have experienced.

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#18

Try testing Roon server as I said in my posts, the SQ difference is not just better but excellent in my case. Please let us know what you find in yours?

#19

There are so many things on your list. No.1…. Video does not automatically display on TV unless you get up and touch the ROSE screen and set that function in motion; again its not automatic. There are threads here that describe how to do it. At this…… I have to assume some other issues are human error or lack of knowledge as well. Not putting you down, but if anyone else can help this user; please do.

This link should show you how to get video to your TV

#20

@Rob I feel you! If something is not working as you want to. emphasis on “you”. Everything starts to annoy you.

Am now on day 3 and had none of these problems you have. But if I had so many issues with this. I would return in immediately! I wouldn’t accept it at all.

Seems you are and you are hoping for a good resolve? I hope you get it and can start to enjoy your RS150B

If not, just return it. It’s a lot of money!

#21

I have no problem playing video files ( music videos , tv shows or movies)
I’m talking about screen mirroring while searching for the music ,folders etc ,
Whatever you do on the Rose screen should show be visible on tv .
Look at the picture.
Rose main menu on display , but on tv is just some screen saver .

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#22

Good afternoon. I just got my Rose and also just installed a 2tb ssd internal drive. So my question is now how do I get songs , hi-res music onto it. I have a laptop. I am familiar with tidal, but I can’t buy songs from them . I heard Qobuz let’s you buy albums. So would you recommend I download the albums onto my laptop, then connect the laptop to usb in on the Rose and transfer them to the internal drive ? Does that sound about right ? Someone wrote on the board here that Dsd is the best format to download. Is that also found on Qobuz ?
Sorry for the stupid questions, I’m new to this.
Thank you
Adrian

#23

Aceofbase yes the owners manual is next to useless , check out function category on this site there you should find multiple questions asked and answered on this very subject and more .

#24

I have done some upgrades to my network to reduce that culprit “noise” dropping the noise floor and increasing sound quality of streamed content way above my expectations.
Adding an exceptionally good dac like you have with the Rose playback of most anything must be a thrill .

#25

You need to press TV button on the upper right corner of mobile app to transfer TV signal to TV

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#26

Yeah, that is why I posted a link to your needed tip for ROB who is having issues and some expectations that were not real.

#27

Hello @Rob

Try it as @tomato explained.

If your sceen doesn’t show anything, try the method below.

  1. RS250-Settings-Display-HDMI resolution-sellect a lowest resolution
  2. Nowadays, most of the TV has many HDMI port. So please check the external input.

Thank you.

#28

Okay, 9 days into my RS150B experience…

The first few days as I stated are just getting to know the RS150B.

Then looked into Roon VS Rose app. But I don’t really feel there is an SQ difference. I hoped Roon was pre-rendering and the RS150 wouldn’t have to work as hard in de decoding so there would be less jitter overall.

After 4 days I started listening more seriously. Then I thought I was lacking 1 octave of the bass! Very discomforting feeling, start checking more settings. I gave up after a few hours. And thought let’s first get a few more days of use in it(another way to say it, I gave it the change to burn in). So put some extensive hours in the last 2 few days and the bass is back, it still doesn’t go as deep as my moon 280D. But now i don’t miss it the balance. The bass is faster now so i like it. “James Blake - Limit to your love” is a good reference. At least for me.
So is burn in a real thing? I think it is. But that’s just me.

The only thing I can recommend is to put a 100 hours on RS150B and check

Any you owners found a difference after a week plus day of use?

#29

I have no problem playing video files ( music videos , tv shows or movies)
I’m talking about screen mirroring while searching for the music ,folders etc ,
Whatever you do on the Rose screen should show be visible on tv .
Look at the picture.
Rose main menu on display , but on tv is just some screen saver .

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#30

well, it doesn’t mirror.

#31

The sound becomes more fluid, soft and full-bodied but I think thirty hours of operation were enough for my experience

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#32

Hello @Rob

We apologize for any inconvenience caused during use.
Currently, only when playing videos and music, the album cover or video will appear on your TV.
Let me notify you after confirming whether to add or modify screen mirroring.

Thank you

#33

I have my RS 150B now for about 2 Years. In the beginning I was not pleased, cause it sounds a little bit strident. I had the same impression at the High End 2022. The reason why I bought it, was the Concept of Operations, not the sound of the demo. For example Katie Melua´s voice swapt to be really annoying. I was thinking about my equipment and what would be an option to get a more relaxed sound. After thinking about Chinch cable and Power cable, in the end I decided to change the Power cable. The one I used was from Phonosophie and, as I know now, is a little bit analytic. I decided to try out the power cable from bFly Audio, the bPower with Furutech connectors.
The difference in the sound of the RS 150B is astounding. I never thougt you would here such a big difference when you only change a power cable.
Looks like the RS 150B respons to different cables. So try it !!
Best regards Björn

PS: ROSE at The High End 2023 was not better than 2022.
@ROSE: Please look for a more smooth sound ! Also bad recordings should have a chance to sound good.