Update: I purchased a new Dune HD Pro 4k streamer, and a Dune HD Pro 4k Plus streamer too. I have one here now, and the plus should be here tomorrow.
I have tested the DUNE on my setup with my Unraid NAS, And have the following comments...
1: It is a very nicely made product with a nice case made out of metal with a clock display on the front panel. It is about the height of a 3.5" HDD, and the width of 2 hdds. Depth is about the same length as a hdd too.
2: The remote is ok... pretty light, and feels like it is empty inside. The range is not very good, and often I have to repeat the command.
3: The Dune streamer is a hybrid box with Androin, and Linux...with Linux being the main Gui. The Linux GUI is very nice (reminds me of XBMC), and I will be using it strictly for my HD Movies, Music Videos, and TV shows. The Android portion has Kodi, and I am running v18 of Kodi. The interface is great, but a little awkward to manipulate the remote in Kodi. I will be using Kodi on the 2nd box strictly for my music (at a future date I might move to ROON for audio only). I am doing it this way as I like to keep my videos, and audio seperate. The one negative about Dune is it is a video streamer, and can stream audio very well, but there is no nice graphical interface included. I would love to have a Roon interface or something similar that gives me graphics, and artist, and song info too.
3: I have been watching movies pretty continuously for the last week on it, and I am impressed in the quality of the images. I cannot really comment on the audio as I am listening to 5 channels mounted as height channels for my main speakers until I get my horns made. If you buy a Dune... I would advice you to buy directly from Dune as the prices have skyrocketed to as much as $500 for the unit I bought on EBay, and other locations.
Next update. We might not be doing the Klipsch Belle bass bins, but instead making 4 more k402 horns from scratch, and making a 5 channel k402 Synergy horn setup. I have thought about this for quite a while, and just recently started pricing out the wood, and it might be about the same price except that I need to spend $400-$500 on 4 more Emminence woofers. The end result though should be much better sounding, and at the same time take up about the same amount of of space. We now have plenty of EV DH1A drivers to do a 7 channels setup with a spare driver too.
I am currently waiting for my new Blue ray cabinet to be completed. It is being bade our of MDF with 2 bi fold wood slat doors, and my center channel will rest on top of it. I plan on veneering it in the future with a nice veneer, as well as with the k402 boxes too.
I also should have my 4k computer drive this next week so I can start ripping my 4k movies to the NAS too.
Hopefully sometime (during this project year) I will have some extra cash to buy 2 SATA HDDs (1 for each Dune Streamer) so I can use my NAS as a true backup instead of as a streaming setup. I think it might even perform a little bit faster by using HDDs hooked up directly to the DUNE boxes.
I will post up pics when we get the cabinet in. Next will be getting the 4 more electric curtain rails up, and buying some curtains for the remaining windows. We will be getting 2 more black curtains for the side walls, and 2 curtains for the 2nd floor windows.
I also am waiting for my framework for my 2 bass traps to be completed. A friend of mine might have 10 pieces of 2" Roxul for me to use for the bass traps too.