dCS Network Bridge SQ? See end of thread for conclusion

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So is the conclusion of this thread and the ‘Simplest way to Roonify an NDS’ (Simplest way to Roonify NDS) thread o ‘breathe new life into older streamers’ is

  1. Ensure you have the best PSU for the Naim unit, aka a 555DR and
  2. Use a SonoreUPnP type bridge solution, to provide Roon support

Just remember that a Naim streamer either in a Streaming PreAmp or a Network Player will switch input on arrival of a UPnP stream being sent to it.
Roon uses a ‘Push’ model over DLNA’s ‘Pull’ model, which is what Naim designed the UPnP support in their streamers against. Here the Streamer requests content from the UPnP server and controls its flow. In the Roon model, the DAC/Player are Endpoints and the flow is to them, controlled by the Roon Core.
So, if you are listening over a different input, be it Analogue (with a 172/272) or Digital, and the Roon Core initiates playback the Naim streamer will switch to process that stream. So careful management of the playback queue in Roon is required to avoid input switching surprises.
Simon.

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