How do I achieve Lossless streaming from Roon (via MacBook) to Denon AVR-S760H

It seems to have an optical and HDMI inputs. How are you connecting it now?

Some MacBooks had an optical out hidden in the headphone jack. Newer ones don’t, I think, so it depends on the MacBook you have.

Other MacBooks have a HDMI out, so this might work, too:

Not sure about the Denon capping currently at CD quality, but I’d be surprised if this was all it’s capable of on digital inputs.

If you don’t want to run a cable from your MacBook, and generally probably the better solution, a preferably Roon Ready streamer would work if it can output HDMI or optical. I don’t think the Wiim Pro is Roon Ready yet, at least it apparently wasn’t on Oct 4:

Alternatives would be the Bluesound Node but it has no HDMI just Toslink optical (which is capped at 96 kHz - really more than enough, but just saying). The iFi Zen Stream has a Coax (end else USB but this doesn’t help) output and you’d need an extra (small) box to convert to Toslink.

Else I dunno. Maybe you can also rig up a Raspberry Pi with Roon Bridge installed if it can be had with appropriate outputs

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