I have recently purchased a 218 controller to go with 210 streamer as an additional zone (replacement for C15 and MC200 Sooloos).
It’s important to me to be able to link the two zones (play via third party amp/DAC and speakers).

I cannot seem to link the 2 Meridian devices in Roon despite Roon stating Meridian devices can be grouped.
I’m wondering if this is because the 218 is only Roon Tested and not Roon Ready and therefore is seen by Roon as just a Sooloos end point.
Do I need to swap the 218 for another 210 and give up on the feature of full MQA unwrapping via the analogue connection to my DAC?

#1 QNAP TS-473, 210 streamer, 218 zone controller.
#2 QNAP TS-251, MS200.
[In Reserve] C15 and MC200.