The Hifiberry Digi+ and the Rossini appear as Roon Ready
The Odroid C2 with Roon Bridge appears as Networked
Can someone tell me what the difference is regarding functionality?
Thanks a lot
Roon Ready is the highest level of Roon integration available to partners, and means that Roon technology is actually customized for, and embedded into, their devices.
It’s a designation given to audio player hardware products that have both implemented RAAT, and have been certified by Roon Labs for proper implementation.
Networked means that a Roon Endpoint has been detected, i.e. something that is running the Roon Bridge software.
Thanks for the clarification, Geoff_Coupe.
My Odroid C2 with Roon Bridge happily streams using RAAT, so the only difference seems to be that the Odroid C2 / Roon Bridge combination has not been certified by Roon Labs, while the RP3+/hifiberry Digi+ Pro combination has.
From a functionality point of view there should not be any difference, should there?
Is that correct?
It’s more than that. For a start, Roon Ready devices just need to be on the network, and not connected to a Roon Bridge. Also, there is full two-way communication between Roon and Roon Ready devices, something which is generally not possible with devices connected to a Roon Bridge via USB, SPDIF, etc.; although you can stream to pretty much any device connected to a Roon Bridge.
The first link in Geoff’s post explains it pretty well.