iFi ZEN Stream

[Confused]

Hi Confused,
Thankts for checking this. This is exactly what I see in Roon if I select the Roon only mode on the Zen. If I select the all-in-one mode I can correctly select the Devialet USB input. This only disappears in the Roon only mode.
Btw the SPDIF output does sound worse than USB and also has dropouts. I use Roon for upsampling to PCM max x2, so 176 or 192 khz. 192 is mainly working, but 176 is having lots of dropouts. I have opened a ticket for this.
Only usable path for me is currently mode 1 of the Zen with USB.

It is frustrating that you get these dropouts in Roon mode. The one thing I like about the Zen is that for me it has been 100% stable and drop out free, but this is specifically in NAA mode at 24/192.

If you are interested, I can try mine in Roon mode, S/PDIF, 176.4, and see if I can replicate the issue. This is easy enough for me to try, and I know that when I have had similar issues in the past it is always good to know that the issue is common and not "just me". (Just me is always a worry!)

I finally got around to trying this, it has been a busy few weeks recently.

With the Zen in Roon only "Mode 2":

USB - Everything works fine, 16/44.1, 176.4, 192 - no issues

S/PDIF

16/44.1 was fine.

When I first tried 176.4, I did get a couple of dropouts. To me they were more like very brief "stutters". But that was only in the first few seconds of the first track. After that, 176.4 worked fine.

I then tried 192, this was trouble free. 

I tried 176.4 again for a second run, no issues whatsoever. Never again could I replicate that initial 176.4 stutter, curious. Maybe a one off glitch?

The above was feeding my Mutec. 

I then tried the Zen in Mode 2, S/PDIF feeding the Devialet directly. Again no issues, stutter and dropout free, including 176.4 and 192

Overall, the Room ready mode seems fine. (Except for the Devialet direct USB issue)