If I select this option it controls my 272 volume, and the display on the 272 indicates the volume changes I make, so it must be interacting with 272 rather than just being something that Roon does in isolation; also on the Naim app the volume slider moves in unison with the changes I make in Roon, suggesting it is doing exactly the same thing as the Naim app. This ties in with what Roon say about it.
I’ll try using Fixed Volume + Naim app for volume control compared with the Roon Device Control option for SQ, although expect there to be no difference in which case I don’t need the Naim app at all.
With legacy Naim devices with volume controls like Muso’s, 172/272 using a bridge Roon will correctly send volume ups and downs through to the ‘Squeezelite’ device and on to the player
i.e. you are controlling the volume in the same way you would in the Naim app, it’s not a digital volume control.
Unfortunately it doesn’t work if you have a streamer with a fixed output, i.e. ND5XS/NDX/NDS as it doesn’t pass the volume changes through to system automation. You can work round this by using a Logitech Harmony Hub as an IR blaster and adding a Roon extension to link it all up.
Thanks, that’s what my observations were telling me, although it is always good to get clarification. Makes things easier being able to the Roon Device Control volume option rather than toggling between different apps, so will use that from now on.
Raspberry Pi update.
Recap: I’ve installed LMS2UPnP on the Pi but it would only run for about 30 minutes. On my terminal it showed that there was a broken pipe error. My Unix mate said that this is indicative of a breakdown between sub-programs. Moving on, using instructions from people on the forum, I installed the LMS2UPnP on my Mac Mini.; low and behold, it works faultlessly. Why oh why did I not do this first!
I now have two RPi, one with a HiFiberry HAT (it works well), and the other waiting for the HAT to arrive.
This is why using the dedicated SonoreUPnP bridge device from SGC would be better than the ‘build it yourself’ approach, in that you get a controlled environment for the bridge to run, with SonicOrbiter.
Yes this device is a little more expensive that a RPi, Case and PSU, but $300 shipped and duties paid, so still good value for what it brings to the NDS.
All I can say is that my SonoreUPnP Bridge to my NDS, is rock solid, plays for hours at a time, consistently.
Interesting thought: latest version of Raspbian.
My Mac Mini is running OSX, Catalina 10.15.4; erroneously, I had thought to run the LMS2UPnP on an old Qnap, I had not thought to run it on the Mac.
My NDS is fed by a Vortexbox / Audiostore server - works like a dream, but I’ve not compared it to the LMSUPnP. Martin had tried me to buy their version of the Sonicorbiter for my ‘Qutes, but I wanted to try the RPi route as I found them fascinating.
I’ve 4 ‘Qutes around the house, now one has a RPi with a HiFiberry HAT, with another on the way. I’ve yet to compare that too.
FWIW I’m currently using three (3) RPi/HiFiBerry Digi+ Pro HAT’s, powered by ifi iPower power supplies, in different set-ups, which are all running rock solid using piCorePlayer. Audiostore Nova gives me Squeezebox server on my Audiostore media server. Never been happier.
I’ve have compared RPi/HiFiBerry Digi+ Pro HAT’s, BNC to BNC, to a microRendu, with a quality LPS, USB to USB, and to my ears there is little, if any difference, in sound quality. This is with a Naim DAC-V1 -> NAP200.
I was surprised to find that with the LMs2UPnP solution that I could control the volume on my ‘Qutes. An added bonus. Also, it automatically switched from the radio input to UPnP.