Volumio Rivo first impressions

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Hi…Last Tuesday, I got the Rivo. He looks great!.

I have a question:
When I hear a album and I go to „Information for music and interpret“ my app gives following information:
„This function is only for Volumio premium members available“.

Regarding my information with the purchase of the Rivo I should be a premium member.
Do I have to install anything?

Perhaps it is important to mention, that I have two Raspberrys with a free Volumio account running. With my PRIMO, all devices run with the premium plan.

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This is a bug that will be fixed in an upcoming release. Rivo includes all the premium features without the need for a subscription.

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Thank you very much! Good information.

The Rivo sounds clean , but a still a little cool with my Luxman DAC. I think, he needs some time to burn in?

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No I don’t think so. Best result you will get with an extra power supply (f.e. Keces) if you find still it’s not warm enough you might get an Silent Angle switch .
Cheers
Christian

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At Lyravox I have tried the Revo in comparison to the Rhein from Silent Angle and to my ears and also the guys from Lyravox agreed it was the better sounding source. Ok as mentioned before with an extra Power supply and the silent Angle Switch added to the Rivo (like to the Rhein) but in such a System the Rivo is really a high End Streamer!
Cheers
Christian

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I have an Allo Shanti LPS and it helps!!!
Kind regards
Michael

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Still have the problem with the wireless connection. After a few secounds the wireless connection dissapears. shall I make a factory reset or wait for the next update?
Cheers
Christian

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I found the reason for the problem with Wifi and CD playback. no software problem it was the original power supply. I have just changed the plug from a good Raspi power supply and now everythin is working. with the original one cd playback is not working and wireless connection is not stable. It seems to be to weak or it’s broken?.
Cheers Christian

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Hi Christian,

I suspect it could be broken, I replied to your PM to have it checked

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So I done the test. Main diffrence is dynamic. More attak and timing with the rivo. If you change direkt between both the primo sound a bit weary. The M33 is already a bit weary so I think it is not a idle combination. But now the primo is the source for an SMSL DA 8s amp powering some Teufel speakers and that ist better than the Nanosound1 that was there before.
Cheers
Christian

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Thanks for this. I might try the Primo as pre-amp into monoblocks instead of the integrated I use ATM.

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I think the volume control of the Primo is not fine enough. So I would not give it the job of a preamp.
Cheers
Christian

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A few days ago I took my Rivo to Lyravox in Hamburg. And the Rivo was the source for the Lyravox Karlotta. Simply coaxial digital into the back of Karlotta. The uys from Lyravox were a bit sceptical because they had streamer and Musikserver in a complete diffrent pricerange. F.e. Silent angle Rhein Antiodes …
The Rivo was connected to a silent Angle Network switch and a HD Plex power suppy. Don’t ask me about the cables, no idea.
I was totally blown away from the performance of the Karlotta and I have to say that it was one of the best sound experience I had ever had. But Jens and Sasha from Lyravox were very impressed by the sound quality of the Rivo. Jens said the sound of the Rivo reminds him of a 7000 Euro Grimm Streamer. So thanks to the Rivo we had a 2 hour music session and all of us enjoyed it.
I mean it was really and outstanding setup. I had already at home the feeling that the Rivo is an exellent piece of HiFi. But for me this session at Lyravox has proofed that the Rivo is a serious high end streamer for a very good price. Thank you Volumio!
Cheers
Christian

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Hello Christian,
Many thanks for your impressions. I assume you controlled volume with the Lyravox remote. Could you compare this to the volume control on Rivo/Volumio?

Thank you and best regards
Stephan

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Hi Stephan!
As far as I know you can’t control the Volume with the Rivo.

but I can check it at the weekend.
Cheers
Christian

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Moin Christian,
FYI
I get the following information from Monica@volumio in July:
“Regarding your questions, yes there is digital volume control, so the volume can be controlled digitally”.

If it doesn’t make you too many circumstances, I would be grateful for a short test.

Thx Stephan

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Hi Stephan
Of course I will check it but I can’t do it today.
When I had the Dragonfly Red connected by USB the Volume Control has worked but I have never use it whe I use the SPDIF out.
Friday or Saturday I will let you know.
Cheers
Christian

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No hurry :wink:.
Thx again

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Let me clarify: Rivo CAN have digital control on digital output, by using a software mixer.
But since this might degrade sound quality, it’s not on by default.

This is true for all S/PDIF sources.

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I have been using Rivo for a few days now, comparing with three other streamers:

  • Melco N1A EX
  • Odroid N2
  • Rapsberry Pi4

Rivo is powered by a Welborne Labs PSX 3A LPS and it is feeding a Neukomm CDA126S DAC / Preamp via USB. Cables are Habst Ultra 3 and Absolue Creations USB-TIM.
Rivo handily beats the RP4 and the Odroid N2, which was previously my favorite “reasonable price” streamer. That was to be expected.
The comparison with the Melco N1A at around 4 times the price of the Rivo was interesting. The Melco had more detail, there is no arguing. However, the Rivo has a very pleasing sound profile, almost analogue like. Very easy to listen to. Details are still there, just a bit less pronounced than with the Melco. Also, very nice sound stage. While the Melco will stay in my primary system (sorry Rivo), the Rivo will replace the Odroid N2 in my second system.
Looks like I will be spending more time listening to my second system than previously
:grinning:
Very happy with Rivo. Congratulations to the team, well done!

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