Is a multichannel rip in Roon going to sound the same as using the disc?

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I have successfully ripped many multichannel DVD-A’s and blu-rays using dBpoweramp. They show up in roon as multichannel and they sound good.

My question is this: would using the actual disc in my compatible blu-ray player (which does play multichannel just fine via HDMI) sound any different?

Thanks!

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Depends on the respective DACs

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Wouldn’t it just be the same DAC, i.e. the DAC in the AVR (assuming that this is what is being fed by both the Roon Server and the Blu-ray player; both using HDMI to connect to it)? And if so, both sources (being digital) should sound exactly the same…

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I somehow read it as BR disc in the BR player vs rips streaming to who knows what, but I guess you are correct like always

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yes this is what I meant :slight_smile:

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Aside from the Eye Candy that Roon provides, then going thru Roon would add that Roon sparkle that it does to the audio and therefore would sound better than not going thru Roon.

Example, if you use a audio player like MediaMonkey or JRiver to a particular DAC and then you use Roon to the same DAC, I find that there is a difference. If you have different sources to the same DAC, then the end result would be different. Source being a Blu Ray player or a Roon player would be different. Multi channel effect should behave the same way as stereo.

–MD

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Please don’t open this can of worms again. I don’t doubt that you perceive a difference, but so long as we’re in the digital domain, them bits are just bits…

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