SToM 200 ULTRA vs Devialet AIR (WIFI)

[MIKE]

As for the software - yes Roon is difficult to beat.
But I mean the necessity of useing PC/laptop (keep it activated) to play the music.
From my point, it is not the most convenient solution.

Hy Mike,

you can run the Roon Core although on a NAS: https://kb.roonlabs.com/Roon_Server_on_NAS

[url=https://kb.roonlabs.com/Roon_Server_on_NAS][/url]I still have it on the PC, because my DS216j is not the right one for this Solution. A 918+ works fine, as example.

Yes, I know that. I tried to utilize NAS (Synology) as a player (AudioServer, Roon, etc).
It is realy bad solution, faaaar from my expectation in terms os SQ. There are lots of reasons: not audio-optimized software, poor power supply, quite noisy work and shitty USB socket (Ethernet connction is difficult to use for audio transfer - impossible if NAS does not have double RJ45 sockets).