06-Jan-2017, 20:01
After the first day's listening I'm hearing a very nice all-around improvement in tracks played through ROON, more of everything and definitely more engaging. My D200 shows 24/48 as a max resolution though ROON. Playing direct from Tidal shows up to 24/96 but so far now more despite some albums being recorded at 24/192.
It seems that until ROON offers MQA decoding that's the best we have for now.
The difference with Master through ROON over the original HiFi resolution is significant through my system and I'm very pleased, an improvement akin to a big step up in cables or power conditioning. Playing direct through Tidal is an improvement though nowhere near as much. However, I lose the iPad control - I guess I could just have the MacBbook Air on my side table for 'remote' control?
I'm hoping ROON 1.3 brings MQA software decoding.
It seems that until ROON offers MQA decoding that's the best we have for now.
The difference with Master through ROON over the original HiFi resolution is significant through my system and I'm very pleased, an improvement akin to a big step up in cables or power conditioning. Playing direct through Tidal is an improvement though nowhere near as much. However, I lose the iPad control - I guess I could just have the MacBbook Air on my side table for 'remote' control?
I'm hoping ROON 1.3 brings MQA software decoding.
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