30-May-2016, 20:34
I wrestled with the terminology at first as well. AIR is just a Devialet piece of software that you will install and run on your Mac that will allow you to stream music to your Devialet. Both your Mac and your Devialet need to be on your home local area network to do so. Simplest configuration:
-- Roon installed on your Mac (I would recommend Roon over Roon Server to start with since you'll want the control aspect to set it up)
-- AIR installed on the same Mac (download from Devialet website for v2.1.3 or via the dropbox link for AIR 3 beta)
-- Your Mac connected to your LAN (ideally via ethernet cable to your router, but wifi may work fine)
-- Your Devialet connected to your LAN (ideally via ethernet cable to your router, but wifi may work fine)
You can control playback for your Mac Roon UI or via any iPad, iPhone or Android with the Roon Remote software installed (or for that matter, from any other computer on your LAN).
You CAN make it a lot more complicated but may never need to. As @baddog suggested, start with a simple setup and expand only if you need to.
If the above works well, then you don't really need to worry about a 2nd Mac running Roon Bridge or a Sonore uRendu.
If you run into problems (e.g. no music, or stuttering music, or white noise), touch base back here - plenty of experience and advice to go around.
-- Roon installed on your Mac (I would recommend Roon over Roon Server to start with since you'll want the control aspect to set it up)
-- AIR installed on the same Mac (download from Devialet website for v2.1.3 or via the dropbox link for AIR 3 beta)
-- Your Mac connected to your LAN (ideally via ethernet cable to your router, but wifi may work fine)
-- Your Devialet connected to your LAN (ideally via ethernet cable to your router, but wifi may work fine)
You can control playback for your Mac Roon UI or via any iPad, iPhone or Android with the Roon Remote software installed (or for that matter, from any other computer on your LAN).
You CAN make it a lot more complicated but may never need to. As @baddog suggested, start with a simple setup and expand only if you need to.
If the above works well, then you don't really need to worry about a 2nd Mac running Roon Bridge or a Sonore uRendu.
If you run into problems (e.g. no music, or stuttering music, or white noise), touch base back here - plenty of experience and advice to go around.
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