AirPlay 2 Support in Roon for Paired HomePods

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i’ve tried @Craig_Colthorp 's workaround and it worked but definitely sounded sub-par compared to addressing the HomePod stereopair directly via AirPlay 2. The workaround that works/sounds best IMHO is to

  • use a Mac running macOS Monterey as the Roon Core
  • in Control Center send all sound output to the HomePod pair via “AirPlay” (this actually uses AirPlay 2)
  • turn off all OS sound effects and/or ensure they are not played through the HomePod pair :wink:
  • instruct Roon to play through “System Output”

Compared to what Roon normally does for sound quality and fidelity, this is a travesty. But it does work and to me sounds best, under the circumstances.

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