The primary limitation of this option is that it really only delivers files stored on an external hard drive attached to the SMS-200.
I could switch from controlling one or the other with a simple click. Once activated as an MPD client, the SMS-200 appeared as a control option in MPaD just below the Auraliti. If you are like me not ready to pony up $500 on a new platform for the privilege of listening to your own files, you can choose the option of running the SOtM as a MPD&DNLA server just like my Auraliti player, and to pilot it with either an iPad app like MPaD or a desktop app like Theremin. If you click on Roon, it will turn itself into a Roon client and make itself visible to the Roon server and receive streamed files with all the benefits of Roon listed above. The very unique feature of the SMS-200 is that from this control page, you can turn it into the device of your choice. Aside from the Roon integration issue with Qobuz, Qobuz were also buggers for removing items from their collection and replacing without re linking or notifying. Voilà, up pops the setup page which gives you a first taste for how much of a chameleon this little box is. In order to finish this article dedicated to Roon and Qobuz’s integration into the tool, we would like to show you some screenshots for the Roon Remote mobile version (android), which allows you to use your smartphone as a remote control that can also display Roon from any computer on the network, as long as Roon is running. Once connected to your network-through an Apple Express setup as a network extender in my case to ensure a robust connection to my router-all you need do is call up your favourite Internet browser, Safari in my case, and type the address of the SMS-200's interface 'Eunhasu.local'.
You will hear it as higher resolution and more drive, all well worth the extra $450 as the stock unit sounds fairly average without it. Performance achieved a significant leap up when using battery power. I can count on two fingers the times when the battery swap disrupted playback. I have owned their DAC for a couple years now. It charges one battery whilst the other one powers the unit with seamless transition from one to the other. Their battery power utilizes the same intelligent charging technology found in SoTM's DAC. To keep things simple, the sMS-200 is a small box with a LAN connection to integrate into your network with two USB inputs to attach external hard drives with a dedicated low-noise USB output to feed your DAC and with an external wall wart switching power supply which can and should be upgraded to SoTM's dedicated battery power supply. How it adapts to your system is what makes it unique. As I painfully illustrated already, in that role it is far from unique. The purpose of the SMS 200 is to send files to a USB DAC with absolute fidelity and minimal jitter.
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