'Processing is performed by the player application and the processed data is then asynchronously streamed over network to a very lightweight network audio adapter interfacing to the DAC. Other than that you must DIY your own device to make it work.īoth 'Roonready' and 'NAA' are superior protocol's to UPnP for audio over IP. So far the only commercial streamers that accept the NAA protocol are: What 'Roonready' is, is an audio over IP protocol similar to the Hqplayer NAA (Network Audio Adapter), which Roon developed based on some of the tricks Jussi Lakko uses in his NAA audio over IP system. This was the whole point of me making my Superstream unit. Simply being 'Roonready' means you can connect Roon direct to the device over Ethernet, but you can't take advantage of Hqplayer. The Aries would need to have NAA support in order to work with Hqplayer. Roon outputs to Hqplayer, then it sends it straight to either a DAC connected to the server, or a network connected device running the Hqplayer NAA Daemon. Roon for example can send PCM to HQPlayer to convert to DSD and send back to it, which it then in turns sends to Aries for output.' Since Roon supports sending data to and from HQPlayer, that functionality will be transparent to Aries. 'If this announcement is correct that Aries will be Roon compatible,, then it should work just like I explained to Mike. I'll kick this off with something I read Amir said on WBF which is incorrect: I thought I would start a thread about Roon/Hqplayer since this combination has the ability to provide the best GUI and sound to folks seeking the best of both.

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