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RE: "DAC can be configured as a Roon end point with the inclusion of an Ethernet port"...

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In Reply to: RE: Roon ready posted by Isaak J. Garvey on June 10, 2017 at 20:33:21

Maybe a bit more to it that that circuitry-wise, at least according to Paul McGowan as he discussed the 'Bridge II' option of his Direct Stream DAC at an audio meet-up I attended recently. That said, the 'Bridge II' is more than just a Roon end-point as I understand it (at $899 list, we would hope so).

But how much processor power does it take to be a Roon endpoint?

Not much, I'm guessing, as a $35 Raspberry Pi will do nicely.

But why just Roon?

Why not have an ethernet connection on all DACs and allow them to act as multiple endpoints like the uRendu?

No need for WiFi built in (not a fan of radios in audio myself), but perhaps a USB port on the back which would allow a WiFi adapter to be plugged in?

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RE: "DAC can be configured as a Roon end point with the inclusion of an Ethernet port"... - AbeCollins 08:02:05 06/12/17 (0)
"But how much processor power does it take to be a Roon endpoint?"

Not a lot, but even tiny modern processors are pretty powerful. One can run Roon Bridge (end point software) on Linux with a Raspberry Pi which is essentially what Bryston has in the Bryston BDP-Pi. The Raspberry Pi is based on the ARM Cortex series processor.

microRendu also runs Roon Bridge on Linux on an ARM Cortex A9 based "System On a Module".

And anyone can load and run Roon Bridge on a Windows PC, Mac, or a Linux machine including a PC or small Raspberry Pi turning it into a Roon end-point.

https://kb.roonlabs.com/RoonBridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pid

https://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/vt.mpl?f=pcaudio&m=160505

A DAC with an Ethernet port will still require a small 'computer' of sorts to accommodate protocols like Roon RAAT, UPNP / DLNA, squeezelite, etc.
RE: "DAC can be configured as a Roon end point with the inclusion of an Ethernet port"... - Isaak J. Garvey 10:05:26 06/11/17 (1)
Interesting questions.

How much processing power is required can be answered by Charley and others who are Roon partners.

I don't know of any Pi that runs Roon accept the Bryston BDP-Pi, which has a pretty decent processor on board.
- Huh? - E-Stat 14:43:36 06/11/17 (0)
  I don't know of any Pi that runs Roon accept the Bryston BDP-Pi, which has a pretty decent processor on board.
  
  It uses the latest Pi3 as do most of us.
  
  Is a gigaflop enough horsepower? Good question.

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