As I understand it, the Roon team are also keen to work with Devialet, to better integrate Roon with their hardware - including compatibility with Air.
From conversations over at the Roon forums, it appears they had initial meetings with Devialet, but Devialet haven't exactly been chomping at the bit to take things forward. Again, from my limited understanding of Roon - since I am only a recent trial member but have read through a lot of their forums - Roon have also offered Devialet assistance in fixing their Air issues (I can only assume since this is their area of expertise).
In any case Danny, a founder of Roon, thought that perhaps any interested Devialet users might want to help get things moving by dropping Devialet a line and letting them know.
So, I've taken it upon myself to post that sentiment over here!
Here's a link from the Roon forums where this was discussed (hope that's OK). This was actually part of the Qobuz discussions….
https://community.roonlabs.com/t/qobuz-s...ted/807/51
I would love if Devialet hear us and step up to start working on integrating Roon !
Regarding AIR, as it is a proprietary protocol, I do not see Devialet to share it with anyone..
(09-Aug-2015, 18:11)johnsap Wrote: [ -> ]I would love if Devialet hear us and step up to start working on integrating Roon !
Regarding AIR, as it is a proprietary protocol, I do not see Devialet to share it with anyone..
I don't get the sense Devialet are listeners in Expert line terms at the moment, but I'd say you'd have a much better chance of Roon integration if you emailed Devialet and let them know that's what you want...
As for Air itself, I doubt anyone would want to steal it as-is
(08-Aug-2015, 00:18)Hifi_swlon Wrote: [ -> ] (08-Aug-2015, 00:07)blair.athol Wrote: [ -> ]+1 for Qobuz
If you don't know already, there's a voting system for 'ideas' on Qobuz help pages, and Roon integration is currently number two. If you're a subscriber, and want it integrated into Roon, feel free to add your votes (you need to be logged into Qobuz) - you never know it might help them along their way. It seems Roon are now keen and it's a Qobuz holding things up.
http://aide.qobuz.com/forums/231766-idea...92266-roon
Only 4 more votes to get it into the top spot.
Surely there must be a few more Roon users on here that want Qobuz integration? It only takes a second to vote, and unless you've voted for other features, you'll have three votes you can assign to it!
Hello All,
I joined because HK suggested I come over here from the Roon forums to ask Devialet questions. I've been thinking about a Devialet 200. My main use would be to stream to it from Network Share. But, I'm worried based on the forums that it might not be the smooth solution I'm looking for. I don't want to add another streamer into the mix and the literature I've read at the Devialet site leads me to believe that they are abandoning Air for Spark, am I off base?
I am keeping an eye on Roon via their excellent forum. At present nothing I have tried is adequate with classical music and the absence of Qobus, to which I am a new subscriber, is a deal breaker.
I have Sooloos software, from which Roon was spawned, and the impressive features really only work for people who sequence their listening sessions differently to me. It is good when I am not sure what I want to listen to next, but that is rare.
It is possibly the least good with classical music but the forum shows they are working on it.
At the moment there are many other things I would prefer Devialet to devote programming effort to, so personally I shan't be asking them to incorporate Roon, they are already spread too thin dealing with expensive to implement development on things people expect to be provided free of charge.
(10-Aug-2015, 17:45)f1eng Wrote: [ -> ]I am keeping an eye on Roon via their excellent forum. At present nothing I have tried is adequate with classical music and the absence of Qobus, to which I am a new subscriber, is a deal breaker.
I really like their forum too - the developers seem to really want to interact with their user base, so I'd definitely let them know about your classical needs/desires if you haven't already….
Initially Roon weren't considering Qobuz due to its bankruptcy protection, but now they are - apparently it is Qobuz themselves who are making things difficult. As a Qobuz user, you're able to vote for feature requests in the Help pages. The one for Roon integration (which I started incidentally) only needs a few more votes to take it to first place. I've no idea whether or not they're out of bankruptcy protection? They're still going so something must have happened...
Roon are planning to integrate an embedded HQplayer, which I gave up on very quickly due to its horrendous interface and lack of ALAC support, but many say its upsampling is second to none and appears to be the new flavour of the month. Fronted with a GUI like Roon's this could really add a new level. Looking forward to trying that.
The asking of Devialet to integrate Roon seems to have a few prongs. Roon are releasing a 'RoonSpeakers' which is essentially their own network protocol and would be a viable alternative to Air, so they're trying to get manufacturers to adopt it. They have also said on their forum that they offered Devialet assistance in fixing their Air issues - I do believe with their background the Roon guys would have the expertise for this and it wouldn't hurt if someone helped them out. Well, IMO obviously!
The past couple of years I've got a bit bored of my own music collection (recently digitised, I've 800 or so albums), and although subscribing to Qobuz helped, I wasn't finding as much new music as I hoped. Roon, in a matter of days, has changed that for me. The linking to similar artists - from my collection to Tidal - has been fantastic. I'm hoping its not just a new toy I'll get bored of, so far it's the star feature and I've never listened to so much music. But i don't really do classical.
There are a few things Roon won't do which would mean I'd need iTunes in parallel for now, but it replaces Audrvana for me in the short term - gives me a nicer interface, a nicely integrated streaming service (although I'd prefer it weren't Tidal), and options for remote control. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks a lovely iOS remote will appear too, and then I'll be really happy.
(10-Aug-2015, 17:22)Rugby Wrote: [ -> ]Hello All,
I joined because HK suggested I come over here from the Roon forums to ask Devialet questions. I've been thinking about a Devialet 200. My main use would be to stream to it from Network Share. But, I'm worried based on the forums that it might not be the smooth solution I'm looking for. I don't want to add another streamer into the mix and the literature I've read at the Devialet site leads me to believe that they are abandoning Air for Spark, am I off base?
Hi Rugby, and welcome ….. you've come to the right place for a bit of Devialet advice.
You will probably get a mixture of opinions on this I'm sure, and lots of people have owned a D200 longer than I.
Basically, if you use a PC or Mac as your music player - you can theoretically use Air, via Devialet's application. It can be connected by ethernet or wifi (or both).
It works to varying degrees by all accounts - some users have no issues at all, others - like me - have issues to the point where its unusable in the real world. Your best bet IMO would be to get a home demo, and see if it works in your setup. If you've streamed to it successfully for a week without issue, - especially with high-res files - you're probably going to be OK.
I don't think anyone knows officially if they're abandoning it for Spark/Dialogue or another system, and I doubt you'd get an answer out of Devialet.
In short, if it were me and I wanted a Devialet specifically for streaming to (which I did) I'd definitely go a different route.
(10-Aug-2015, 08:20)Hifi_swlon Wrote: [ -> ]Only 4 more votes to get it into the top spot.
Surely there must be a few more Roon users on here that want Qobuz integration? It only takes a second to vote, and unless you've voted for other features, you'll have three votes you can assign to it!
Thanks for the tip - just voted! Haven't played with Roon yet, but if they get together with Qobuz that will definitely be the kick I need to do so.
(10-Aug-2015, 17:22)Rugby Wrote: [ -> ]Hello All,
I joined because HK suggested I come over here from the Roon forums to ask Devialet questions. I've been thinking about a Devialet 200. My main use would be to stream to it from Network Share. But, I'm worried based on the forums that it might not be the smooth solution I'm looking for. I don't want to add another streamer into the mix and the literature I've read at the Devialet site leads me to believe that they are abandoning Air for Spark, am I off base?
Good to see you in Devialetchat forum. As of lately, with my NUC installed with Win10, using AIR to stream via ETH or Wifi to my Devialet 200, on all formats from 16/44.1 to 24/192 to DSD64 (DSF), using Roon as music player, I have not encountered any issue at all. AIR on Win10 is looking good.