Upgrade 120

[Sailor4W]

Good news that Devialet seems to set high priority to developing a Roon Ready solution! Once that is available, I guess it becomes downloadable without having to upgrade the CI board? As I mentally decided to have my 120 upgraded to Expert 220 Pro with CI, I wonder if it would be better to wait till Devialet makes the Roon Ready upgrade available?

Thanks for all your input, great forum here!

All if the comments I've seen from Devialet in relation to Roon Ready status have been in relation to the Expert Pro models with the CI board installed, and one of the main reasons for the development of the CI board was to improve streaming. It should also be noted that the CI board includes a Linux processing chip which the models without the board lack. That makes the models with the CI board capable of running firmware that the earlier models can not run. Every available Roon Ready endpoint I've heard about contains a processing chip and runs firmware which includes Roon Ready code.

I could be wrong but I don't think that the amps without the CI board will have their firmware upgraded to make them Roon Ready. I think it's only going to be a CI board feature. If the Roon Ready update is a must have for you and you're trying to decide whether or not you need to get your 120 upgraded, then I'd be querying Devialet about whether the 120 and other pre-CI board models are going to get an update bringing Roon Ready capability to them because I think the answer to that question is "no" and you will need to have your 120 upgraded to a CI board model if you want that feature.

Apart from Roon, as far as I understand, the CI upgrade enables streaming of Qobuz and Tidal, among other providers, correct? Is there an app for this? Sorry for all these questions, but Devialet's concept with Core Infinity looks a bit puzzling to me. Others, such as Aurender and Auralic, provide a much clearer concept.