Hifi Rose RS130

After teasing it at Munich High-End, Hifi Rose has formally announced a new flagship network transport in the form of the RS130. This is no streaming DAC. The RS130's multitude of digital outputs must be connected to an outboard converter: TOSLINK, coaxial, AES/EBU, HDMI-socketed I2S and optically-isolated USB. The Ethernet input has also been optically isolated. All streams enjoy NVME SSD memory caching and are clocked out by an OXCO, which according to HiFi Rose is the most stable and accurate clock currently available. Taking further aim at electrical noise is the RS130's linear power supply whose super-capacitors reportedly reduce noise to battery levels and the processed aluminium case which reduces the negative influence of microphony on the signal path. But the Korean manufacturer hasn't blitzed its way into the audiophile conversation with performance alone. Like many of its streaming cousins, the RS130's 15 inch full-colour touchscreen runs ultrawide across the full width of the front panel. I'm still not sold on watching YouTube videos on a 1920 x 382px screen. This is made possible by a heavily customised Android 7.1 OS and associated RoseTube app. However, a 4K HDMI output allows us to farm out the unit's on-screen action to an external display.

Operating System: Customized Android 7.1 Dimensions: 430(W) x 317(D) x 125(H) mm Weight: 12kg Display: 15.4 ich TFT LCD & Capacitive Touch Screen (eDP) CPU: Dual-Core Cortex-A72 and Quad-Core Cortex-A53 with separate NEON coprocessor GPU: ARM Mali-T860 MP4 Quad-Core GPU Memory: LPDDR4 4GB Cache Storage: NVMe SSD 256GB Network Connection Network: SFP Ethernet 10/100/1000 BASE-T(SFP COPPER Type) WiFi: 802.11ac Dualband USB Wireless LAN Card (Dongle) Bluetooth: V4.2 (USB Dongle) Streaming Playback Supported Streaming Platforms: Airplay, DLNA, Roon Ready, Spotify Connect, Bluetooth Supported Streaming Services: TIDAL, Qobuz, Apple Music, Bugs, ROSE Tube, Internet Radio, ROSE Podcast Input/Outputs Audio Output: Optical x 1, Coaxial x 1, AES/EBU OUT x1, HDMI 12S OUT x 1 Video Output: HDMI 2.0 x 1 (up to 3840 x 2160/60Hz) Media Connections File System: NTFS / exFAT/FAT32 Network Protocol: SMBv2/FTP/WebDav Storage Interface: USB3.0 x 2, SATA X 1, USB 3.0 Fiber Clock Sync Input: 5002 BNC x 1, 7502 BNC x 1 Inputable Frequency: 10MHz Supported Codec Audio: MQA, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, WMA, MP3, OGG, APE, DFF, DSF, AAC, CDA, AMR, APE, EC3, E-EC3, MID, MPL, MP2, MPC, MPGA, M4A, ALAC, PCM : 8kHz~768kHz(8/16/24/32bit per Sample), Native DSD: DSD64(2.8MHz)/ DSD128(5.6MHz)/DSD256(11.2MHz)/ DSD512(22.4MHz) Video: ASF, AVI, MKV, MP4, WMV, H.264/AVC, Base/Main/High/High10 profile @ level 5.1; up to 4Kx2K @ 30fps H.265/HEVC, Main/Main 10 profile @ level 5.1 High-tier; up to 4Kx2K @ 60fps VP9, profile 0, up to 4Kx2K @ 60fps MPEG-1, ISO/IEC 11172-2, up to 1080P @ 60fps MPEG-2, ISO/IEC 13818-2, SP@ML, MP@HL, up to 1080P @ 60fps MPEG-4, ISO/IEC 14496-2, SP@LO-3, ASP@LO-5, up to 1080P @ 60fps VC-1, SP@ML, MP@HL, AP@LO-3, up to 1080P @ 60fps Software Update SW Update: SW update via internet, USB OTA, ROSE Store IR Remote Control, Bluetooth Remote Control App: ROSE Connect (Android, iOS, PC)