15-Sep-2020, 07:05
(14-Sep-2020, 16:25)K4680 Wrote: Melco becomes Roon Ready!@K4680
FW Ver 4.04Beta [14th September, 2020]
[USB-DAC Local Player]
- Roon Ready Mode added.
*MELCO won’t be "Roon core" or "Roon server" because Roon requires specific processor chipset for core.
- While MELCO is working as Roon Ready USB transport, MELCO won’t accept any playback requests from UPnP AV/OpenHome Controller App.
- To turn off Media Server is recommended when Roon Ready Mode. Roon Core manages all metadata.
- MELCO’s internal storage can be used as a source. All tracks will be sent to Roon Core once for processing and be sent back to MELCO to play.
- TIDAL/qobuz can be managed by Roon and play on MELCO.
- Customer can utilize the high quality volume control of Roon core by setting DSD playback mode as PCM.
https://www.melco-audio-masters.com/roon.html
I am still very interested by a Melco unit but I am not still 100% convinced by the Roon ready part.
It is a huge step as many people d0 not want to use something else than Roon to select/play their music for obvious reasons.
Before the Roon Ready news, you could already store your music on the Melco and play it in the Roon Core but it could not been sent back to Melco I guess.
I am wondering if sending the data to Roon core back and forth will produce the same quality of sound than playing them directly on the Melco as it was up to today?
Will the Melco be more like a Roon bridge (SMS-200 for example) with data storage?
Let us know if you get a chance to compare the quality of the sound with or without Roon.
Thanks
PS Audio P3 - Devialet Expert 250 Pro CI - Tanagra Audio Iris - Micromega CD-30 - Roon - Mac Mini - Entreq Silver Minimus Apollo Eartha RCA - Shunyata Omega Ethernet - Dela S100/OP-S100