That’s exactly what I’ve been doing… listening to my fav tracks and playlists all over again! I have the RS130 and went from the PS Audio Stellar Gold DAC to the RD160 about a week ago now. I really enjoyed the Stellar Gold, but I am beyond thrilled with the RD160!
I have the SFP kit and have had zero issues since connecting a week ago (RS130 and RD160). SFP and I2S are by far my favorite connections so far. I do want to spend more time with the AES connection though
I’m using the Amphenol SF-SFPP2EPASS-002 between my RS130/RD160 and I have not noticed any unwanted sounds at all. The Amphenol was an immediate and apparent improvement in sound over the HiFi Rose SFP Kit (not that the SFP Kit was bad or anything). I have not tried the Cisco option yet.
I’ve been tempted to pick one up to try. Im currently using a fiber AOC, and it sounds great. I tried out one of these (10Gtek [Blue] 10G SFP+ DAC Cable - 10GBASE-CU Passive Direct Attach Copper Twinax SFP Cable for Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU2M, Ubiquiti, D-Link, Supermicro, Netgear, Mikrotik, ZTE Devices, 2m : Amazon.ca: Automotive), and it sounds different, but not better. Has anyone compared the Amphenol to something like I bought?
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Ciao. Ho visto sul forum che scrivi dall’Italia e usi la coppia Rose Rs130/rd160. Ho le stesse meccaniche e vorrei sapere qcs riguardo al collegamento usb su fibra (sfp). Vale la pena acquistare il kit originale di Rose ? I due apparecchi si possono accendere e spegnere assieme con questa connessione come servizio accessorio ? Grazie molte sé risponderai
Hi MattC,
I fully agree, as my SFP experience was not that great neither.
When I purchased my RD160 I asked my dealer to supply the Rose SFP kit also, but he refused!
He told me to test all of the different types of Chord cables that I had purchased over the years, and then afterwards he would sell me a high quality AES/EBU cable that he assured me was the best option.
However, after trying my different cables I was then curious to hear the SFP fibre, so purchased the Rose kit from another dealer. I ended up wondering what all the fuss was about? After 2-3 weeks I was back to a good quality HDMI I2s which I still currently use.
Never did buy that high quality AES/EBU cable at £2400 and I continue to enjoy my RS130 / RD160 combination.