What’s happening? · I'm having trouble connecting to Roon What type of connection issue? · Something else How can we help? · None of the above Other options · Other Describe the issue When using Roon to play music, I encounter playback problems when switching between tracks with different sample…

Qobuz and Audirvana dont have these problems

I can confirm this issue on macOS 26 (Sequoia) using a FiiO K11 (firmware v1.25). The symptoms are identical to those reported with Topping and SMSL DACs: “Failed to initialize audio device” when switching sample rates The K11 briefly shows “0 in / 0 out” in macOS Audio MIDI Setup After unpluggi…

[image] Wilfred_van_der_Kluf: Thanks I have cancelled [t]he Exclusive mode … This isn’t a workaround. The first suggestion is to fix the sample rate (let roon do the conversion), and continue using exclusive mode.

I’m not sure if I have the same problem, but I’m running Tahoe and now Roon can’t find my Roon Server or some of my peripheral DACs or my iPad. This is more than frustrating, because I was about to go back and reconnect everything UNTIL I read about the Apple/Roon issue.

This sounds possibly more like this longstanding issue: [image] macOS Sequoia Roon Server / Device Connectivity Issue, Roon Status & Workaround Support The Issue macOS Sequoia (version 15), has tighter (and more obfuscated) network security settings than prece…

Thanks for the reply. This is extremely irritating.

[image] Robert_Wood2: This is extremely irritating. Did you try the solution/workaround from the linked issue that started with Sequoia and the workarounds given here a few posts up?

I did toggle the Roon Server and Roon off and on in the Mac OS System Settings and rebooted the computer. Nothing. Problem exists. I don’t know where to go to set a fixed sample rate in the MUSE/DSP settings. Nor do I know anything about finding the “Rosetta mode” in the Mac server. I DO know th…

[image] Robert_Wood2: I DO know that Roon can’t find my Roon Server which is situated on the Mac where Roon is located Is it running? [image] Robert_Wood2: I don’t know where to go to set a fixed sample rate in the MUSE/DSP settings. [image] MUSE - Precision Audio Control: Sa…

"Failed to Initialize" when Switching Sample Rates on MacOS Tahoe [Ticket in]

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Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you) October 31, 2025, 8:14pm 89

This sounds possibly more like this longstanding issue:

or a combination of this one and the Exclusive Mode issue from this thread