@carlsbad thanks. I’m going to check out roon. Luckily I have a great dealer who is super patient. I just wish this thing didn’t sound so darn good.
Help With A New DAC/Streamer
First post. I have an Audio Research VSI75 and Dynaudio Contour 30’s. I’m currently using an Aurender A10 for streaming Tidal. My wife uses this system also. Sonically the A10 is fantastic, when it works. But the Conductor app is terrible on multiple levels and I’ve also had other software related issues. I don’t want to deal with tech support anymore. Looking for thoughts on either separate DAC/streamer combinations or a combined unit. Music runs the gamut from rock to Jazz and hip hop. Thoughts???
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@keir18 Hi, you can't use an Aurender with a Node or Roon or anything else except another Aurender hard wired to it. This is to preserve maximum sound quality. Listen to your Aurender in Critical Listening mode. |
@sns what does separate core from endpoint mean? I'm new to roon, five days now and love it already. |
@brunomarcs If you go to Roon download page you'll notice there are Roon Server downloads which contain both the Core and Audio Device portions of Roon OS. There is also separate Audio Device download which is called Roon Bridge, this does not contain Roon Core. This Bridge is meant to be downloaded to a streamer, aka Roon Endpoint. There are many streamer devices such as my Sonore Opticalrendu, others are made by Uptone, SOTM and then there are streaming dacs in which the streamer is built into dac. Many experience superior sound quality using separate devices for Roon Core and the Roon Bridge, Roon alludes to this by offering the separate downloads.
These Bridge/Streamer/Endpoint devices also allow one to use various filters, optical conversion and reclockers to their streaming networks, some streamers have these abilities built into them. Many report positive results with these devices as well. |
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