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[Hifi_swlon]

Most likely not better SQ but the same SQ as Air - since AIR is the best Devialet can get out of their own hardware through the network interfaces it’s unlikely another protocol could better it, but let’s see.

The key advantages for me;
-Zone grouping/syncing
-Roons QA & reliability.
-Roon settings automatically optimised for the device.
-Roon largely taking ownership so evolution over time is more on their timescales.

Devialet still need to implement it of course, so that aspect could still be a weak spot but ultimately Roon still test and certify it, and they’re a lot more thorough than Devialet.

There is of course the possibility it won’t sound as good as AIR. From memory Roon won’t certify an implementation that isn’t on par with the manufacturers own offering, for obvious reasons. I seem to remember in the early Roon days Bryston owners said RAAT wasn’t as good when it was released, and there was a fair bit of fallout and RoonReady went away for a bit and came back. Not sure what the outcome was.

For me, even if it sounded fractionally worse I’d probably still use it if it was stable but that’s because grouping is a high priority.