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In Reply to: RE: Music server questions from a Re-Nubified CA user . . . posted by JoshT on January 15, 2017 at 10:21:40
Roon offers a 14-day trial period, so just sign up, load it to your MacBook Pro, connect the Mac to your DAC via USB as you already do, and try it out! You just need to point it to your music library during setup and you will be ready to go.
You control music selection and output zone location ("endpoint") through the Roon iOS app.
And endpoints can be added wirelessly or through wired Ethernet. An endpoint's only task is to receive the Roon stream and output it.
All your Airplay-enabled devices (AppleTV, Airport Express, etc.) are automatically Roon endpoints so you can stream to them directly. I stream to my Yamaha and Marantz network receivers that have Airplay.
Roon also offers its "Roon Bridge" software for download that enables any PC or Mac to be an endpoint. I have a cheap (~$250) dedicated hp mini desktop computer in my main system running this software. It's connected to my DAC via USB. Other than the Raspberry Pi, which is a bit too DIY for me, this is the least expensive way to get a Roon endpoint that will pass high resolution PCM or DSD.
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Yes, I will do the trial period, but it's your information on wireless endpoints that I wasn't getting, and this is very helpful.
So, in order to stream wirelessly with Roon, I can do any of the following:
1. Stream in up to 16/44.1 to an airport express or Apple TV or an iPhone or iPad. So if I have an old iPad or iPhone on a digital docking station connected to a DAC, Roon will see it and I can use it as an endpoint?
2. Stream in high resolution to any Mac or PC that has Roon Bridge installed onto it and a USB output. That would be great because we already have a cheap Windows based laptop we're not using and I'll be getting a new MacBook and retiring this one as it's old and slow.
I think if I am getting the above correctly, i'll pull the trigger.
Oh, one more question - Would Roon recognize an Oppo as an endpoint? I'm pretty sure they are not Airplay devices, but I see their name listed on the Roon website.
Thanks!
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The best part of Roon is how it integrates with Tidal and internet radio.I subscribe to the "premium" 256kbps stream of JAZZRADIO.com for $70 annually. There are 35+ channels and it sounds pretty good. Each channel has a separate URL that can be entered into Roon as a preset. Artist and title are shown while streaming, so when I hear something I like, I look up the artist and can find results in my library and in Tidal. I can then add any albums I find in Tidal to my library and it is if they are ripped to my hard drive.
Here is a screenshot of the process for "Kenny Burrell", which was playing a few minutes ago on JAZZRADIO.com's "Guitar Jazz" channel. I searched for "Kenny Burrell" and found that I have 24 albums by Kenny Burrell in my library, but Tidal has an additional 49. Note that the track I was listening to changed to Elek Bacsik while I was taking screen shots.
Edits: 01/16/17
Glad I could help.
1. Correct - resolution limited to 16/44.1. Yes to the Airport Express and AppleTV. No to the iPhone or iPad. Any device that shows up in the Airplay tab of iTunes will also show up as a Roon endpoint.
2. Yes you have it. There's lots of talk about the specialized devices like microRendu, but pretty much any PC or Mac works as an endpoint since a fairly low level of processing is required. The little hp mini is connected to my network via wired ethernet now, but it could be connected wirelessly and still function as a Roon endpoint.
The Oppo will not be recognized as a Roon endpoint. Oppo appears in the "Roon Tested DACs" section of the Roon website, meaning that it works with the output of a Roon endpoint. Not very useful information, IMHO.
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"If you are the owner of a new stereophonic system, this record will play with even more brilliant true-to-life fidelity. In short, you can purchase this record with no fear of its becoming obsolete in the future."
...that you already alluded to, is that you can have as many end-points as you like, and they don't have to be dedicated 'streamers'. I use the microRendu dedicated streamer but when I first started playing with Roon I tried other end-points.
Roon on my main Mac Mini (left) streaming to an older Mac Mini set up as an 'end-point' that has Roon bridge software on it.
In the test setup above, I would simply swap the DAC USB cable between the main Mac Mini or the 'end-point' Mac Mini depending on which 'zone' I had selected in Roon. Many dedicated streamers that are "Roon Ready" (like the microRendu) have the bridge software pre-loaded.
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