21-Jun-2020, 08:50
On your questions about Roon:
Most people (from reports here) have found that Roon's built-in version of AIR works much more reliably than the Devialet "virtual sound card" driver that you were originally using with your laptop, so if your network is generally stable you should be able to stream over Ethernet without crackles or drop-outs.
There can be endless debate about whether the machine you run Roon on affects the sound quality, so I'll stay out of that and just say: try it for yourself. You can get a free 14-day trial of Roon and it's fairly easy to install so there's not much to lose if you decide you don't like it within that time.
Most people (from reports here) have found that Roon's built-in version of AIR works much more reliably than the Devialet "virtual sound card" driver that you were originally using with your laptop, so if your network is generally stable you should be able to stream over Ethernet without crackles or drop-outs.
There can be endless debate about whether the machine you run Roon on affects the sound quality, so I'll stay out of that and just say: try it for yourself. You can get a free 14-day trial of Roon and it's fairly easy to install so there's not much to lose if you decide you don't like it within that time.
Roon (Mac Mini), Wilson Benesch Full Circle, Expert 1000 Pro CI, Kaiser Chiara
Warwickshire, UK
