Suedkiez
(Just a fellow user like you)
June 29, 2024, 10:14am
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For instance, it enables AirPlay 2 features for certain devices:
Over 10% of Roon listeners own HomePods, and starting today you can enjoy them with Roon as stereo pairs or in a hybrid array, maybe with an Apple TV. Simply create a stereo pair using the Home app, and Roon will treat them as a single stereo device.
You can also group HomePods with other AirPlay 2 or AirPlay 1 devices. And all your first-generation AirPlay devices will continue to work with Roon as well. This update is about expanding your options, not replacing them.
Naim supports AP 2 but Roon didn’t use it. With the Naim it didn’t matter because it supported Roon’s AP 1 already - but not ever single update must be beneficial for every single user.
Airplay has always been high quality as it can and will resample to match the clock of sender to clock of receiver under the hood so Roon never class it as lossless. Also Apple TV resamples all content to 48/24 under the hood. It has nothing to do with AAC. Airplay 2 isn’t AAC by default you are miss informed here. Airplay 2 has two streaming options legacy streaming (ALAC 44.1/16) and low latency streaming (AAC256). It’s wholly app dependant as to which it uses and is decided by the developer.…
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