There are many renderer interfaces in the industry. The MSB Renderer was developed using an in-house hardware design running an ultra low noise A5 processor for optimal audio playback performance. Our Renderer V2 interface is MQA and Roon Ready and has a maximum sample rate of 32/768kHz and 4xDSD. The entire renderer solution is galvanically isolated from the DAC including isolated power. The main advantage of the Renderer Input module is it makes the DAC into a network endpoint for many current playback software packages and allows computer control of the DAC volume.

Advantages:

-Lower noise than most music servers or direct USB connections
-Offers software control of the DAC from the host source (Volume, etc…)
-Can be wired directly to most home computer network
-Works at rates up to 32/768kHz* and 4xDSD
– MQA decoding
– Roon endpoint
– Up to 4X DSD*
– UPnP protocol
– DLNA protocol
– Bit-perfect data transmission
– Isolation from sensitive DAC processing
– Support for gapless playback (depends on UPnP server and controller software)
-DAC master clock synchronization
-Ethernet RJ45 input
-Compact and low EMI design

Limitations:

-Only provides a medium level of isolation between the DAC and the typically noisy home network
-Prone to network issues