Well, that explains it I guess. When using DSP, all bets are off as its whole purpose is to change the audio data audibly. And Roon did definitely change DSP implementation in 1.8, and may have tweaked it in subsequent updates.
Which is why I suggested before (I think further up in this thread) that all reports about audible changes with different Roon versions should state whether DSP is in use. If is is, it is entirely conceivable that sound changes. If not, very much less so
I am using DSP but noticed no difference between latest release and the previous 1.8 release. They have changed nothing to their DSP engine since the original launch of 1.8 where they changed its dithering.
Thatās a pretty big variable. Makes way more sense than any changes to the Roon software (I havenāt noticed any sound quality differences - a wee bit from 1.7-1.8 - I donāt use DSP).
I thought it was the pc initiallyā¦ but as soon as the later Roon updates came in things just suddenly sounded so much betterā¦it was unfortunate that 1.8 came at same time as my 4750g super mini came alongā¦
My 12 year old would love that 4750 to play Fortnite on!
@Suedkiez I noticed a difference in sound with 1.7 going from the initial trail of the core on a 2013 Mac Pro to a standalone ROCK NUC with an inexpensive LPS. Difference in the ācleanlinessā of electrical pulses being sent out over the network I suppose.
Thatās still a very mysterious mechanism. Not saying that there canāt be any any audible effect, but the suggested explanations all leave a lot to be desired
The 4750 apu is amazing 8 cores 16 threads and 32gb of ram and a evo970 ssdā¦ its amazingā¦and it runs up to 4.6ghzā¦ This pc is about 20% bigger than a nuc and replaces a huge desktop pcā¦
Overkill for Roon as it wonāt ever use more than 2 cores but it does allow you wriggle room to use the remaining cores for other things on the same machine which may be affecting the performance now compared to your old server. I would always run Roon on its own device and use ROCK such an easier system to maintain and can be left alone and does one thing very well and always sounds the same.
Yeahā¦its overkillā¦but I use it for other computing tasks which is greatā¦I can throw what I want at it and it does not seem to affect audio performanceā¦I am delighted with it.