The strong point of the Rose is precisely a very wide sound stage, a lot of space, which allows the micro details to be well felt (very good ventilation between the instruments if the amp is good), the more explosive sounds such as percussion are quite rounded. What is missing compared to its rival (Auralic at the same price) is depth, dynamism and a fuller and more powerful bass, a sound that one could say is more voluminous. Regarding the difficulties reported on the Rose compared to the operating software on the forum, first devices, a little about what is happening on the EverSolo (over the versions it improves), my version of last year none problem, frequent updates that work well, I put a hard disk in it, and ripped all my CDs, the video (YouTube) is very well rendered, no bugs, I use optical, coaxial, RCA, USB with the same amp, a Denon PMA 110 which has a bit of the same signature as the Rose, neutral with a touch of musicality and a natural tone. The only downside at Rose, limited music services (Qobuz and Tidal) and the Apple case with some problems, for Apple, Auralic is in the Apple eco-system works very well with it. I will not take Auralic because there are no digital outputs and not Android compatible, if I do not want to spend too much I will take an EverSolo with the Z8 DAC in addition possibly and have a high quality of listening given the excellent DAC (needs space to cram two devices), if the budget is higher, I would take a Rose 150, brings the dynamics, the rhythm, a much deeper bass, such a big device (13 kilos)….