03-Feb-2017, 19:53
(02-Feb-2017, 23:35)Hifi_swlon Wrote:(02-Feb-2017, 17:11)davidadamson Wrote: Just downloaded Roon 1.3 and the DSP function is fantastic, I think a lot of Phantom owners will benefit from this feature.
If only Devialet would see the light and make Phantoms Roon ready at the moment I stream to an Aurilac Aries it works but I really would like to lose it and stream directly.
You can stream Roon directly to the new airplay Dialog which will work for a lot of people.
We should all send this link and image to Devialet Support. I mean, come on guys. It can't be that hard, companies from raspberry Pi vendors to dCS have done it FFS.
https://roonlabs.com/partners.html
Point well made! However, taking a pessimistic view on this, there are a LOT of hifi manufacturers, some of which major in streaming, that are NOT on this list. I have no idea of the answer to this, but does anyone know how hard (or costly) getting 'Roon Ready' status is? Obviously there is some technical requirements, Melco's inadequate processor preventing Roon core installation, for example. Plus I'm guessing there are other hurdles to clear in getting Roon approval. Or to put this another way, for all I know maybe it is quite hard to become 'Roon Ready'? Another way of looking at this is that Roon works so well via AIR, does it matter if the new streamer board is 'Roon Ready' or not? Devialet AIR already is!
Just as an aside, I have just updated Roon which is now busy re-reading my library, no time to play with Roon tonight but it'll be ready to go tomorrow. I was genuinely thinking of dropping Roon because of the lack of some very basic features, such as sort facilities in playlists. A quick look at 1.3 reveals that some of my biggest bugbears have been mitigated. Good stuff!
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