20-Oct-2016, 18:51
While I hope they make Roon avail via the new streaming board I highly doubt they will. It doesn't make any sense based on their current plans and products. They have developed the Dialog and Spark to provide streaming and music control and based on the (apparent) sales of the Phantoms there is push from customers for it on the Phantom. They could have just as easily made the Dialog a simple device for Roon (raspberry pi?). Devialet wants control of the experience (think Apple). . .and this means, IMO, no direct support of Roon.
If they were interested in Roon it would have been available in the Dialog already. . .and, if you browse the Roon Community you can see a few comments here and there from the Roon guys that Devialet is not interested. Additionally, the new streamer board will retail for 1500 Euro. . .that price indicates to me a lot of custom development, etc. NOT slapping Roon on. . .
If they were interested in Roon it would have been available in the Dialog already. . .and, if you browse the Roon Community you can see a few comments here and there from the Roon guys that Devialet is not interested. Additionally, the new streamer board will retail for 1500 Euro. . .that price indicates to me a lot of custom development, etc. NOT slapping Roon on. . .
