23-Aug-2017, 22:37
(This post was last modified: 23-Aug-2017, 22:40 by Hifi_swlon.)
(23-Aug-2017, 18:04)petrik Wrote: I think the question is more like that does the Raspberry Pi 3+ Allo give a better sound quality than streaming directly from Roon to the Devialet. I have no idea about this!
In my experience and in my setup, they are identical in SQ terms. I think the digiOne is a great piece of kit. Amazing actually for the price.
I use it because I need to group the Devialet with another RAAT zone, and that isn't possible using their built-in AIR. It is possible using the AIR driver, but it's a fudge and the sync isn't perfect due to the variable latency of the driver/CoreAudio (and of course you're using Devialet's AIR).
It makes no sense to buy an expensive NAS to run Roon Core. Get a NUC or a used Mac or PC that you can leave on all the time and doesn't use much power. Unless you're upsampling or have many zones, you don't need much CPU power.
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