Taiko was the alternative for getting rid of my vinyl. Andy was so so helpful with making sure that the introduction to a Strange New World went smoothly. Based on his advice The Taiko was delivered the USB card as that would get the best signal into the Vivaldi upsampler. The Taiko needs a good feed via ethernet (nothin fancy whatsoever in terms of the ethernet cable). Yes I am using the Shunyata Omega USB cable (also supplied by Andy) to connect to the upsampler but then the result! The stream quality (Quobuz till now; will be adding Tidal later) is fantastic. The usual health warnings come with it in such that there is no "best" format. The Roon core is working brilliantly to make the user interface very easy. The sound quality is such that one wants to hear more and more as more detail, with more stage is provided at any time. Music stored on the SSD sounds better than redbook, period. I consider the fact that some higher resolution streams sound even better than stored cd quality a big plus. At the end of the day it is the Taiko who is making sure that it is happening.