I am currently using a Bryston BDP-2 that is pulling the music files off a QNAP NAS drive and then feeding a DAC with the music files. I am not happy with the BDP-2 user interface and was hoping to use Roon.
Currently, I have an old Mac Pro that Apple has quit upgrading their OS, and because of this the Mac cannot load the drivers so that the Mac can view the files on the NAS drive. I am waiting for Apple to release a new 2016 Mac Book Pro laptop, but they seem to be delaying that this year. But because of the many upgrades it will have (USB-C, in particular), I am going to wait till they release the new one to purchase a new Mac. This is very frustrating as it impacts my management of the music on the NAS drive. I borrowed a Mac laptop to initially set up the files currently on the drive.
BDP-2 runs Linux and they had a recent firmware update to support Roon, so I thought that I could use Roon to get a great UI to interact with to play my music. But after starting free trial today and handing over my credit card info, now it seems that Roon is not going to work with my current configuration. Not till I get the Mac Book Pro. Is that right? I am also concerned about whether I’ll get the optimal playback out of the BDP-2 which has a direct USB connection to my high-end DAC.
I’d like to know whether my current config is going to work or not. If not, I guess I have to stop the purchase of a license. The Roon interface looks fantastic, I was really hoping it would solve the issue with the Bryston user interface. Any useful suggestions/help???