What would you buy if you wanted one box that does everything and actually looks really dang good doing it is a common question these days, right?

The HiFi Rose RS451 is $3,295, and it's trying to solve that problem, not by cutting corners, by building a streamer, a DAC, and a headphone amp into one aluminum box with a screen that makes you want to really look at this thing. The question is whether it earns that price or if it just looks the part.

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00:00 Rose RS451

01:17 Specs & Design

04:50 DAC

07:28 Sound Quality

09:11 One Box vs "Stack"

11:09 Is it for you?

12:19 Summary

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