Nee Lewman
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Like when The Beatles finally went to a digital format, where did they do it? On iTunes, because brand synergy.
The Dark Side; Digital audio equipment recommendations and setup.
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Angsty
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Joe Mac
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No airplay 2 came out like a decade ago and is pretty much the standard airplay unless you’re using a very old speaker.
jamieanderson1968
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Also a good reminder that AirPlay 2 may or may not be lossless, depending on the endpoint.
Joe Mac
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I think the only endpoint that is lossless is the Apple HomePods though. The sneaky bastards. I need to look into an eversolo/fiio or maybe just a dedicated iPad mini…
displayname
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Has anyone had the chance to hear the Auralic Vega S1? I've become very curious about that unit, but it seems like so few dealers carry the brand these days. But I always loved their products that I heard years ago.
MikeH
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I think I saw it’s not roon certified for some reason? Not sure if it’s finally been certified or not. Haven’t heard it myself but upscale and audio advisor carry it I think.
displayname
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They've got Roon ready on the website, so I'm sure they got that taken care of.
Nee Lewman
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Weird question time… anyone have any idea why I can’t play the new Altons album through roon? Works fine to the NAD from BluOS, plays fine on my phone through the Qobuz app. Have not had any other issues with anything else I have tried to play through Roon. You press play and it just sits there eventually skips to the next song, then says there have been too many errors and stops the queue.
mindhead1
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I've been evaluating a PS Audio DirectStream DAC MK1 (DSD) for the past week or so. I posted about it in the Incoming! thread. I plan to offer some more thoughts on it this weekend.
I've been comparing the DSD to the DAC in my EverSolo A8 and my Geshelli Labs J2S which both have AKM 4499 chips. TLDR: I prefer the 4499 sound over the DSD. I prefer the J2S w/ Sparkos 3602 over the A8. The DSD will be returned.
While in the DAC rabbit hole I started looking at other Op Amp options for the J2S and ordered a Sparkos 2590 Dual for the SE socket and a couple of Burson V7 Vivids for the Balanced sockets.
If feel like I'm going to have 3x - 4x my spend to better the J2S. I'm going to play with the Op Amps and decide whether to stay in the Geshelli Labs family and get something like the Dayzee DAC or check out the latest hotness from Schiit, Denafrips, or Laiv.
I've been comparing the DSD to the DAC in my EverSolo A8 and my Geshelli Labs J2S which both have AKM 4499 chips. TLDR: I prefer the 4499 sound over the DSD. I prefer the J2S w/ Sparkos 3602 over the A8. The DSD will be returned.
While in the DAC rabbit hole I started looking at other Op Amp options for the J2S and ordered a Sparkos 2590 Dual for the SE socket and a couple of Burson V7 Vivids for the Balanced sockets.
If feel like I'm going to have 3x - 4x my spend to better the J2S. I'm going to play with the Op Amps and decide whether to stay in the Geshelli Labs family and get something like the Dayzee DAC or check out the latest hotness from Schiit, Denafrips, or Laiv.
Slimwhit33
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I don’t recall ever having an issue like that using Roon. Interested to see if anyone has any ideas. My only thought would be to make sure your Roon is set to accept all file format types, if that’s available. Don’t have my laptop here so forget where I’ve seen that.
Nee Lewman
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I mean why would it be formatted differently than other Qobuz files? but I’ll check.
I don't use Roon but I do put all my albums in folders with the FLAC files and .jpg for album cover. I have had that .jpg for unknown reasons cause issues like that, just went online downloaded another one and worked fine. If you have any random files outside the audio files try taking them out and see if that helps. For my use, I usually try to stick with .jpg under 300x300 to avoid issues, but again not Roon. Just throwing it out there.
Joe Mac
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I had an album in FLAC files that roon did that with once. I ended up deleting it form roon and re-ripping it from CD. Maybe delete it from your library, reboot roon and add it again?
MikeH
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It’s a Qobuz album? Or local? I’ve had that randomly happen sometimes with a Qobuz album then the next day it’s fine. Never really bothered to check to see what caused it…
Nee Lewman
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Qobuz.
MikeH
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Sometimes a reboot helped. Other times it seems to have been fixed randomly later. Haven’t had that issue in awhile but mostly been listening to local files lately!
SnowmaNick
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Are you running Roon on a dedicated machine (NUC or Nucleus)? I used to have a similar issue with Room when I was running my core on an old Mac laptop. When I built a cheap little NUC they went away. I’m running a Nucleus now and still haven’t had them return, so it’s been awhile. I just assumed it had something to do with the laptop.
Nee Lewman
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Laptop. It’s basically a new toy (Roon) - not ready to commit to a dedicated machine.
Slimwhit33
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Trying To Replace My D-03x- Act 4
The Marantz 30n arrived this morning. I really dig the way it looks in person. The subtle backlight is cool. Looking forward to seeing it in a dark room. Sounds great out of the box.. no switching sounds on the Roon playlists. No complaints. I prefer Filter 1 in my setup so far.
The Marantz 30n arrived this morning. I really dig the way it looks in person. The subtle backlight is cool. Looking forward to seeing it in a dark room. Sounds great out of the box.. no switching sounds on the Roon playlists. No complaints. I prefer Filter 1 in my setup so far.