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[David A]

@David A

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So essentially if I've got this correct, Roon at present running over Ethernet via Air, can be played with Ethernet using only Roon Server software in the CX as a Core, and in future with RAAT will make things cleaner, with added benefits that Roon RAAT endpoints can all play the same music at same time (this would be very handy, and may need to  get a couple of Pi players for this, e.g. Allo Digione &/or Boss Player).
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John,

Yes, Roon with AIR doesn't require anything on the Antipodes other than Roon Server if you use ethernet.

When we get RAAT (I think that's pretty certain but the date we get it isn't), I think we're going to have to wait and see what benefits we get. We obviously get some extra functionality from Roon regarding playing to multiple zones/endpoints but I wonder whether we're going to get much if anything in terms of sound quality. After all, with the CX you're going to have the same direct ethernet connection from the CX to Devialet in both cases and with bit perfect transmission I can't see that using RAAT instead of AIR should make much of a difference. It may present an easier processing load for Roon Server but if it does that shouldn't make a significant difference with the CX which looks like it has more than enough processing power anyway, and there's not much point in passing it through an EX which is just going to output it to the Devialet using RAAT or AIR anyway.

I wonder whether you might get a bit of a gain from adding a P2 when Antipodes release it given that it looks like it might offer improved rechecking and some of the comments in the Munich thread suggest that may be beneficial. 

David