I ws browsing the Roon forums about the Sonicorbiter and came across this - https://community.roonlabs.com/t/connect...antom/6215
Turns out the Sonicorbiter does not support bit rates other than 44.1, 48, 96, 192
So if you play DSD files or any files other than those with the above bit rates, they will be passed at 44.1 to the Phantom/Dialog optical ports. This is in the RoonReady Mode
In Squeezeplay mode, it'll upsample to whatever is closest. The upsampling is done by the Sonicorbiter (which is a Cubox-i with special software, not some bespoke hardware)
All this adds more processing and cannot be good for sound quality
The Raspberry Pi 2 solution in the other thread here thet McChicken referenced above, is probably a better bet for a Roon/Phantom solution as it passes along the audio as it is received, upto 192 (which is all the Phantom/Dialogue supports). Any processing is done by Roon before sending it.
This is the way it should be.
And then there is the price : € 270 + shipping + VAT + Duty OR € 60 No brainer really - I've just ordered the Pi solution from Hifiberry.
There is also the point to be considered that Roon will release software for the Raspberry Pi 2 to make it RoonReady in the near future.
Turns out the Sonicorbiter does not support bit rates other than 44.1, 48, 96, 192
So if you play DSD files or any files other than those with the above bit rates, they will be passed at 44.1 to the Phantom/Dialog optical ports. This is in the RoonReady Mode
In Squeezeplay mode, it'll upsample to whatever is closest. The upsampling is done by the Sonicorbiter (which is a Cubox-i with special software, not some bespoke hardware)
All this adds more processing and cannot be good for sound quality
The Raspberry Pi 2 solution in the other thread here thet McChicken referenced above, is probably a better bet for a Roon/Phantom solution as it passes along the audio as it is received, upto 192 (which is all the Phantom/Dialogue supports). Any processing is done by Roon before sending it.
This is the way it should be.
And then there is the price : € 270 + shipping + VAT + Duty OR € 60 No brainer really - I've just ordered the Pi solution from Hifiberry.
There is also the point to be considered that Roon will release software for the Raspberry Pi 2 to make it RoonReady in the near future.
