Mrdon,
We sell many of the best server brands, from Aurender, Naim, Baetis, NAD, and Innuous.
Aurender can be controlled through Roon but that is only through Airplay running on the Aurender which limits you to 16 bit 44k only.
Aurender does perform well but the lack of true Roon compatiblity is hurting them the Conductor app is very good, the difference is Roon’s much greater experiential design links performers in a way that leads you to think about how muscians are connected.
Also Roon gives you the ability to upconvert and transcode your data, so for example if your dac can handle 24bit 768k sampling rates you can take a 16 bit 44k sample from Tidal and process it to the highest sampling rate your dac can handle, Or if you prefer the sweeter sounnd of DSD output your file that way to a DSD compatibile dac.
Then factor in that you can control Roon compatible devices from many manufacturers such as a Google Chromecast or a Sonos device all while being able to listen to your high end music system in one room gives you a lot of interesting features that many people really enjoy.
Add in steallar intergration of your stored music with streaming Tidal give s you a very winning platform.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ
We sell many of the best server brands, from Aurender, Naim, Baetis, NAD, and Innuous.
Aurender can be controlled through Roon but that is only through Airplay running on the Aurender which limits you to 16 bit 44k only.
Aurender does perform well but the lack of true Roon compatiblity is hurting them the Conductor app is very good, the difference is Roon’s much greater experiential design links performers in a way that leads you to think about how muscians are connected.
Also Roon gives you the ability to upconvert and transcode your data, so for example if your dac can handle 24bit 768k sampling rates you can take a 16 bit 44k sample from Tidal and process it to the highest sampling rate your dac can handle, Or if you prefer the sweeter sounnd of DSD output your file that way to a DSD compatibile dac.
Then factor in that you can control Roon compatible devices from many manufacturers such as a Google Chromecast or a Sonos device all while being able to listen to your high end music system in one room gives you a lot of interesting features that many people really enjoy.
Add in steallar intergration of your stored music with streaming Tidal give s you a very winning platform.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ