DAC’s

Okay, I am back.

But, it seems a lot has happened since I last chimed in.😮

So,

I wanted to have both my office and living room systems playing simultaneously the same music.

I thought Aurrender would be the cure, but, alas, no.

So, I got the Innuos Zen Mini for the office, and the Innuos Zenith for the living room (main system). Setting everything up, I had a choice to use Roon. Being a frugal (cheap) person I was hesitant, but, then thought, What the heck give it a try.

Mind you, I had Bluesound before.

It worked very nicely, and even though I had to work out some issues (which Bluesound helped to rectify), it was a very nice situation.

Moving to Roon was quite a pleasant change. A sleek piece of software that is very easy to work with and offers a lot of sound 'improvements' (DSP, for example).

So, to answer the question- Do I need a Roon Core?

From my experience, no.

You buy the Roon software licence and then set up your system.

Works like a charm for me.

(BTW- I was using an Ayre QB-9 Twenty with the Innuos Zenith before moving to the Brinkmann. I never had any issue with Roon during that change up).

Bob

@gdnrbob

i think some of the posters, including me, were a little mystified how you said that your system ran roon, and yet you didn’t need a roon core...

now we understand... you have the zen mini and zenith, either of which can serve as the core machine... 👍

Ahh, that was the mystery,

B

So, to answer the question- Do I need a Roon Core?

From my experience, no.

@gdnrbob : Your Innuos IS the Roon Core

@gdnrbob

just so we close the loop for you... click this link to the innuos support page regarding roon...

https://innuos.com/kb/setting-up-roon/

see point #1

😉