Roon 1.8

More than likely.

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Problem sorted. Roon have today released a fix (build 783 for the bug on version 1.8 of Roon. I can once again see the album covers.

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Every now and again, the search icon (magnifying glass) disappears from Roon on my iPad Pro. So far, my solution is a reboot of the iPad. Anyone got anything quicker?

On the last day of the trial. Iā€™m finding it quite good.

Just wondering about Apple TV as a Roon end point. If itā€™s Airplay, does that limit the resolution of a stream?

This is from Roon FAQ

So basically it gives you CD quality (which ainā€™t half bad!).

.sjb

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Thanks, got it working. Do you need the ATV Roon app to get the full functionality?

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No, that is not necessary. The ATV will be your endpoint only, you can control it from most Android, iDevice, Windows or Apple devices. There is an app called TV:Remote for the ATV that enables you to view artwork and to control Roon. You can find more on that on the Roon forum (expecially as you need to enable this paid extension in your Roon server).

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One optimisation with Roon if using a Naim streamer as a digital player (BNC output) is to override the Roon/Naim sample default word size down to 24 bits. On a revealing system it really makes a difference and reduces those veils and seems to time and feel better if driving a high quality DAC.
This comes into effect if you have any adjustment.

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Sorry, I donā€™t really follow that. I have my Uniti Core and NDX2 on the network. Are you saying I can improve SQ by using the BNC connection from the Core to the NDX2 for local streaming, whilst having them wired to the network for internet streaming and control playback from Roon?

No sorry, if using the digital out of your NDX2, you can improve SQ by over riding the Roon sample word size for the NDX2 to 24 bits.

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Not sure how that can change anything unless your using DSP as it will output native rate and only uses the 32 bit side when using DSP side to loose less resolution as it will scale 24 to 64 then 64 to 32 as thatā€™s the max the streamer advertises it supports to Roon. For normal operation it will only output the max rate the music is. I guess the NDX if you give it 32bit may be scaling to 24bit internally for Spdif out and this is what the difference might be?

Exactly , like I said, when undertaking any adjustment such as level adjustment, headphone eq optimisation, room correction, recording error remedies etcā€¦ then having NDX2 set to 24 bits seems to make quite a difference using the 24 bit digital out into a highly resolving DAC like Dave, otherwise itā€™s simply RAAT pass through with native media resolution.

Iā€™ll try this for tonightā€™s listening session. Previously I couldnā€™t tell but my setup is much better now. I do use ā€œMax PCM rate(power of 2)ā€ and ā€œPrecise, linear phaseā€ from Roon DSP into my nDAC via the ND5XS2 digital out.

Coolā€¦ one thing I notice at 24 bit on revealing down stream components is that sibilance and treble detail clarity and texture all sound natural, life like and flowing, (plucked guitar, solo violins, harmonica, high hat) with 32 bit there appears a loss of extreme high end precision, and a bit of added digital grit, and accentuated sibilance can become notable on some recordings.

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I am not getting on with Roon 1.8 bass response appears to have changed and it sounds too full with less precisionā€¦I am trying various things to no availā€¦it kinda sounds slower in the bassā€¦upper and mid and vocals greatā€¦bass extension is greatā€¦ It sounds on my system as if 125 hz to 60hz has been lifted ā€¦ strangeā€¦so excessively warmā€¦

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:popcorn:

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I never noticed any changes with 1.8 apart from the visual ones.
Are you sure you havenā€™t enabled DSP?

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How does Roon affect bass? Unless youā€™re using DSP?

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At least I donā€™t have to go to the 1.8 sound changes thread over at the Roon forum for some entertainment. Though I think manners here are too good to reach comparable heights