Hi all!
I am quite a long time Roon user, but not a frequent Roon forum reader.
I use Roon solely on my stereo, I have not even enabled the ARC function. I really don´t need it.
My dac is a Esoteric K-07 and I feed it with an Asus windows 10 htpc via the usb interface.Roon is on a Intel nuc with Roon rock OS. It usually works fine, but I am tempted to replace the htpc to something more specific for the task. Something without Windows. It is usually windows updates that gives me a problem and I imagine that a simple bridge or endpoint should be a bit more reliable? I am sure that people will recommend an rasperry pie with roopie. But it will not work with my Esoteric dac in asynchronous mode. I bought a rasperry and have already tested it. And in synchronous mode it is not as good as the htpc in asynchronous mode. Not even close.
So. What bridge or endpoint should I be looking for? It must support asynchronous mode and my dac. They do not have to support more than 192/24 since it is all my dac can manage.
Best regards, Jörgen