Cocktail Audio HA500H Roon Ready?

ix400 · July 18, 2019, 8:17pm

Hi there,

does anyone know if the Cocktail Audio HA500H is Roon ready? Including MQA-support?

Cheers,
Chris

Nepherte · July 19, 2019, 3:23am

It’s not listed on https://kb.roonlabs.com/Partner_Devices_Matrix. Does this device have a network input or wireless antenna? I can’t seem to find it, which would make it not RoonReady by definition.

Ivor_Benjamin · March 18, 2020, 12:26am

I have an HA500H and use it every day with Roon. The Cocktail Audio HA500H is not Roon Ready because it is not a streamer. No network inputs only digital ones (USB, SPDIF, etc.). I have it connected as a Roon endpoint via a Minix NUC running Windows 10 and Roon Bridge and outputting USB to the HA500H. It handles MQA great. See picture of it fully decoding an MQA 352K stream from Tidal.

ix400 · April 25, 2020, 5:42am

Thanks for the info.

Do you like the sound of the HA500H?

Ivor_Benjamin · April 29, 2020, 4:28am

Yes it sounds great.