Ah but to claim that they would have to admit it was in some way ‘broken’ in the first place. All audio manufacturers usually ignore this issue when launching new kit. How do you explain improving ‘bit perfect’?
For the OP, nothing has changed but the build, so audio paths etc are identical.
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How do you play hi-res on AirPlay?
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It’s just you!
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Yes, you know that AirPlay re-samples everything from Roon server including the hi-res files I play. Congratulations on stating your beliefs.
Quite a few off topic posts creeping in here.
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Agreed, and it’s getting a little heated (again!) … thus I’ve split out the “discussion” on power conditioners to its own topic, those interested can continue to discuss over there.
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Hi mate, I think it may just be you as I’ve not heard anyone stating they have this issue other than yourself.
Personally I’d never use Airplay for serious listening and I undertsood that Roon will show this as ‘high quality’ rather than lossless as airplay resamples to 48khz without telling you. You may well find that that they are less dynamic and bit warmer in the upper bass due to this more compromised protocol, but that might suit your system if its slightly lacking in this area and that could be why you are enjoying it more?
I feed my Chord Hugo TT2 and M scaler from an optically isolated network switch and believe I have a system that allows me to hear very small sonic differences, but I really can’t say I’ve heard differences in any recent builds, and am very happy with the SQ I have. It’s so hard of course for any of us to judge as our sound pathways will always be so different, but I suspect that your preference stems from attributes of your own system rather than differences in build.
I do hope you find something that makes it more palatable to you, but I suspect its not going to be an issue with RAAT which will get you there…
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IMO…I think AirPlay sounds like the wireless crap it is…all my Roon connections are Hard-wired and sound remarkably better…
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AirPlay uses Ethernet too, if that’s how the devices are connected. Of course, if the device is Roon Ready then that’s the way to go.
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AirPlay, to me, sounds listening to the radio where frequency extensions are non existent…
That doesn’t change the fact that it’s not exclusively a wifi protocol and that it works over Ethernet just as well. (And Roon Ready also works over wifi).
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That just isn’t true in my use cases. Sounds the same as any other protocol for 44.1.
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Yes, for me, too, as it well should.
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