I hadn't considered Roon, excellent thought, just route through the network, let a $1000 computer do the math and then route the 24/96 to a simple endpoint. I've been looking into Roon anyway - will dig.

The 818 is a SICK piece of kit! I still miss my old 518, but the 818 price point is brutal. Plus it won't make me gleeful since it can't do quad and octo DSD - nor the 768 stuff, but a computer can (albeit maybe not always in real time). For that kind of money it should wash my kitchen floor when it's not converting audio! smile

Gonna do some Roon digging, maybe a Raspberry Pi based endpoint to the 6000s...

xoxo,
doody



The universally-derided DSP6000 Standing Desk, R.I.P.

Gathering dust: 598 w/SDI & 562V

Current system: Roon feeding a Chord Hugo2go driving Omega Compact Alnico Monitors