Roonready device with AES output?

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Antipodes DX Server can have either or both USB & Conventional outputs, whereas the DS Server can only have one or the other not both (due to size)

The Conventional card (Coax/AES3/Toslink) I believe was designed by Mark, therefore is more suited with the Antipodes than a standard Conventional outputs card. The Conventional outputs card option from Antipodes is only PCM 24/192, but no DSD (Roon supports DSD over PCM; DoP)


PS  Some info below regarding RoonReady & RoonCore from RoonLabs Forum



robdarlingRoon Labs: Wiki Editor
16d

Thanks for the question, and I'm sorry this is something we haven't been more clear about.
With our 1.2 release and the introduction of Roon Core for Linux, we will also kick off the Roon Core partner program.
Roon Core partner servers are tested to meet all the requirements to run Roon, and we have them in-house for QA and Support.
They won't be "certified" in the way that the performance of Roon Ready endpoint devices is certified... there is too much variability in servers for us to be able to guarantee their performance... but there will be partners whose Roon Core devices we can support.
This last piece is the important part. We have already found situations where server manufacturers have installed Roon on a server for a customer, but when it comes time to support the user, the server maker has done things that make it hard for us to figure out what is going on and we haven't been able to easily help the customer.
In these cases, a "turnkey" solution was actually harder to support than a diy computer solution. The Roon Core program was set up to address this situation.
So, to answer in regards to Antipodes... they will be a Roon Core partner, not a Roon Ready partner, since they make a server.
They will send it in for us to be able to test it and have it in-house for QA and Support, but it will not be "certified" in the way that Roon Ready devices are certified... how powerful it is as a computing device and how the interface performs, we cannot say.

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robdarlingRoon Labs: Wiki Editor
15d

Yes, our plan is to have separate listings for Roon Ready and Roon Core partners.
As a user, you can probably see how the architecture of Roon is starting to fully flesh out in both hardware and software. As this happens, the website will grow as well to reflect it and you will find all the partners there.
As for performance ratings and benchmarks... this is something we have struggled with.
We don't have a "minimum" spec because a single given point- processor, ram, etc- won't necessarily give the whole picture... you can have a great processor but run the OS on a slow spinning laptop drive and have bad performance. If you are using a remote, the network interface comes into play.
That said, we are working on something like a "roon score" that would give a ballpark of what the performance of a given device will be. Generating that score is still something we are working on and it probably won't be ready for launch, but we will keep everyone posted as it becomes a reality.