Cannot play Roon + Qobuz on wall-mounted speakers with Mark Levinson amplifier (ref#U7YGYA)

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Hi! What’s not quite right with Roon?

· None of the above quite fits

None of the above quite fits

· None of these quite match

Tell us what's going on

· Roon server is Mac mini M2 pro with Mac OS 26.2. We have a new Sonos soundbar and we can play Roon + Qobuz on this. But we can’t play Roon + Qobuz on our wall-mounted speakers which are controlled by our Mark Levinson amplifier 5805. We are able to play Sonos + Qobuz on the wall-mounted speakers. How can we use Roon with the wall-mounted speakers?

Tell us about your home network

· We have WiFi and our Sonos system is using WiFi.

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This device is not Roon Ready and these are the inputs according to the specs on the Mark Levinson page, so you will have to use one of those:

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Meaning that you either:

  • connect it by USB (or S/PDIF) to your Roon server
  • acquire some kind of Roon Ready streamer or a Roon Bridge such as a Raspberry Pi to receive the stream from Roon and feed it into the amp either by USB, S/PDIF, or (if the streamer has a DAC) one of the analog inputs.
  • use Bluetooth from the Roon Server
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Can anyone suggest other Roon Ready streamers that would work well with the Mark Levinson amplifier?

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Hello @danbarco,

Thanks for sharing your question here.

You are definitely heading in the right direction. You simply need a device to act as a “bridge”—receiving the Roon Ready signal over the network and passing it to your Mark Levinson DAC via USB.

Popular Solutions:

  1. Raspberry Pi (Ropieee):

    Many users choose a Raspberry Pi running RoPieee. This is a cost-effective, low-maintenance way to create a Roon endpoint.

  2. General Computer/Linux:

    You are not limited to a Raspberry Pi. You can use almost any computer (running Linux, Windows, or macOS) by installing Roon Bridge. You would then connect this computer directly to your DAC via USB.

Resources: Please let us know if you would like more specific details on setting this up.

Thanks.

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Hi @danbarco,

Here’s a little more context on the difference between Roon’s components:

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