I'm not sure I really understand the whole ROON thing...
I'm currently using a Bryston BDP-2 digital player to stream my music (stored on a locally attached USB stick) to my Devialet 200 and running the MPaD control point on my iPad Mini.
What exactly is ROON & how does it tie in to the whole equation?
That is, is ROON a online streaming service like TIDAL or an app to organize someone's music collection or a control app or ...
Sorry for the dumb question but someone please explain the whole ROON thing in plain English.
I would Like this explanation also :-)
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The easiest way to learn about Roon is to download the 14 day free trial and try it. Even if you don't want to use it to output sound to a device, you can learn what it is all about. It can be an addictive bit of software.
So what determines if a streamer or digital player supports ROON?
Samurai, you're asking the question right at the precipice of the first wave of 'RoonReady' devices being announced at CES.
The thread at the end has more info, but in a nutshell, hardware vendors are building the Roon proprietary transport into their devices so you'll be able to stream direct to dedicated hardware 'enpoints' from Roon, including eventually multi-room etc.
Things are expanding rapidly. As you can see from the quote below, Bryston have announced their partnership. So there will be more choice for control software for you.
Quote:Broadening our outlook, software updates from IQ Audio, Small Green Computer, and Sonore, that will certify their devices as RoonReady, will reportedly land this month also.
Other manufacturers signing on for the RoonReady programme include Audio Alchemy, Bel Canto, Bryston, Cary Audio, Constellation Audio, dCS, Exasound, LH Labs, Lumin, PS Audio, SoTM, and TotalDAC.
They are also on the verge of releasing 'RoonSpeakers' as software for computers and lightweight devices like the Raspberry Pi, so they can all become networked enpoints too.
Roons real strength apart from a beautiful UI is discovery. Both factors suckered me in.
You do need a computer running RoonServer somewhere in the chain, but even that is changing as some hardware vendors are making specific RoonServer devices that can do it all in one.
So in your case Roon on the iPad would replace mpad. To do that you'd need a RoonServer running on a computer. How quickly Bryston will integrate it I've no idea.
If Devialet adopted 'RoonReady' we'd all be able to stream direct from Roon to the Devialet over Ethernet/wifi as per Air. But no doubt more stable, and with things like volume control.
Sadly, Devialet have said they have no intention of adopting it, both to me, and to the Roon developers. So, while most other high-end DAC manufacturers will soon have a stable Air like ability, us Devialet owners with unworkable Air situations will be stuck with USB. Oh, the irony.
https://community.roonlabs.com/t/roon-la...ships/6496
Samurai, as said by Hifi_swlon, Roon needs a computer (PC/Mac) for now. It acts as a streamer, music organizer, and integrate with Tidal service. And, you can control Roon via a tablet (iPad/AndroidPad/PC).
I'm using an Intel NUC running Win10 to install RoonServer (64-bit). My audio output is AIR with Exclusive and Event-driven modes (bit-perfect) to my Le200. I control Roon via my Win10 Tablet. I can also stream via AIR-wifi from my Win10 Tablet to Le200 as a private zone.
As suggested by rwjr44, you can give Roon a free 14-day trial and experience it first hand what it can do for you.
