30-Jan-2019, 22:13
You say "I have a mac with Tidal and roon as core and a iPad working as remote." and "I'd like to put the laptop away and keep the rest."
You're really not being very clear about what you're doing and what you want to achieve.
The iPad is a remote and the Roon app on it only works if it's talking to Roon Core running on a computer somewhere so are the mac and the laptop you mention both the same computer. If the Mac is a desktop computer like a mac mini, and the laptop is a separate computer you can put the laptop away right now. You don't need it if you're running Roon on the desktop computer.
Then there's what do you mean when you say "put the laptop away". How are you using the laptop? Is the problem having to connect it and disconnect it from the Devialet or the network?
Finally, what do you mean by "complicated solutions"? What's complicated for one person isn't necessarily complicated for another. I get you want simple but what would be a simple setup for you? If you're going to run Roon, you need Roon Core running on a computer connected to the internet. That can be a desktop computer, a laptop, or a dedicated music server of some sort. If you keep the iPad as a remote you can put the computer anywhere provided you can connect it to the Devialet somewhere so what you really need to make clear are things like:
- whether you're running Roon on the laptop you want to put away in which case you're going to need to replace it with some other computer running Roon. or do you just want some way of avoiding a physical connection/disconnection process between the laptop and Devialet, or are you trying to achieve something else.
- whether you wan the computer running Roon to be in the same room as your Devialet or somewhere else because that determines your connection options.
When you want to ask for advice, especially advice about how to make or keep things simple, you really need to supply a fair bit of info so people can know exactly what you're trying to achieve and how your current setup fails to do what you want.
You're really not being very clear about what you're doing and what you want to achieve.
The iPad is a remote and the Roon app on it only works if it's talking to Roon Core running on a computer somewhere so are the mac and the laptop you mention both the same computer. If the Mac is a desktop computer like a mac mini, and the laptop is a separate computer you can put the laptop away right now. You don't need it if you're running Roon on the desktop computer.
Then there's what do you mean when you say "put the laptop away". How are you using the laptop? Is the problem having to connect it and disconnect it from the Devialet or the network?
Finally, what do you mean by "complicated solutions"? What's complicated for one person isn't necessarily complicated for another. I get you want simple but what would be a simple setup for you? If you're going to run Roon, you need Roon Core running on a computer connected to the internet. That can be a desktop computer, a laptop, or a dedicated music server of some sort. If you keep the iPad as a remote you can put the computer anywhere provided you can connect it to the Devialet somewhere so what you really need to make clear are things like:
- whether you're running Roon on the laptop you want to put away in which case you're going to need to replace it with some other computer running Roon. or do you just want some way of avoiding a physical connection/disconnection process between the laptop and Devialet, or are you trying to achieve something else.
- whether you wan the computer running Roon to be in the same room as your Devialet or somewhere else because that determines your connection options.
When you want to ask for advice, especially advice about how to make or keep things simple, you really need to supply a fair bit of info so people can know exactly what you're trying to achieve and how your current setup fails to do what you want.
Roon Nucleus+, Devilalet Expert 140 Pro CI, Focal Sopra 2, PS Audio P12, Keces P8 LPS, Uptone Audio EtherREGEN with optical fibre link to my router, Shunyata Alpha NR and Sigma NR power cables, Shunyata Sigma ethernet cables, Shunyata Alpha V2 speaker cables, Grand Prix Audio Monaco rack, RealTRAPS acoustic treatment.
Brisbane, Qld, Australia
