Roon - the next step?

[amabrok]

@Womaz thanks for starting this thread! And thanks to all for the rich contributions.

As some of you may have noticed I have been away for a while but I'm finally back.

I still have my Devialet 400 (not yet upgraded to 440 Pro) and directly fed via USB from my Aurender X100L which gives me access to local mucis stored on the built in HDD and Tidal which has excellent integration with Aurender, and the sound is absolutely amazing.

The only downside here is the very basic and retro Conductor iOS app that controls my Aurender and the incomplete meta data of my locally stored albums.

So obviously I decided to finally try Roon. So i installed Roon core on a Windows 10 surface with i7 processesor and SSD. Installation was straight forward and my D400 was detected as a Roon end point. Awesomeace interface, seamless control and library compilation was impressive but unfortunately Roon on Air/WiFi sound quality was way too inferior compared to my Aurender USB direct connection to D400. (almost the same challenge as @Womaz)

I also believe that USB connection in my system is superior to any other connection I have tried.

The question is will the upgrade to Expert Pro with CI bring any improvement to Roon on Air/WiFi ?

@midi you mentioned that Zenith is working perfectly for you. Which connection are using with ur Devialet, USB or Ethernet? Also are you using Zenith as Core/Player or are you using another player between Zenith and Devialet? Lastly can you please shed some light on how easy it was install Roon on Innuos Zenith?

Thanks

P.S. I also sometimes experience streaming issues with Tidal on my current setup, but it is generally infrequent and the sound quality is so good that I'm willing to ignore the issue.

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