The exception proving the rule is the already suitably equipped AURALiC Aries which starts life at US$999. One look at that list and we could intuit with reasonable confidence just how many of these Roon Ready Endpoints will land with an RRP south of a grand: zero. Audio Alchemy, Bel Canto, Bryston, Cary Audio, Constellation Audio, dCS, Exasound, LH Labs, Lumin, PS Audio and TotalDAC all have Roon Ready compatibility in the works but timelines and pricing remain unpredictable. Simples.Īt time of writing, Roon Endpoint options are few. Products that combine Roon Server and Roon Endpoint on a single machine that feature fully-optimised (and sometimes bespoke) hardware and software like that offered by South Korea’s SoTM or New Zealand’s Antipodes Audio won’t head out the factory door for less than US$3K.įor keeping total spend on a tighter leash we might consider separating Roon server and Endpoint: run Roon Core (the server software) on a low-rent PC, Mac or NAS and have it stream digital audio across the network to a Roon Ready Endpoint, with an iPad or Android tablet app chairing the meeting. The compromise is commensurate wallet damage. Schiit Wyrd, Wyred4Sound Recover or UpTone Regen) applied.įrom there, perhaps a move to fancier hardware. AudioQuest JitterBug) or USB re-clocker (e.g. Audiophilleo or Resonessence Labs Concero), USB filter (e.g. Lifting sound quality to the next level might see a USB-S/PDIF converter (e.g. For many users, Roon starts life on a single machine – a PC or Mac hooked up to a DAC over USB.
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