Magnetar UDP900 en UDP800, Roon Ready?

Audio Gear Talk
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Recently I became the happy owner of a Magnetar UDP900. What a great picture and sound (similar to the Oppo UDP205 from a few years ago).

Does anyone know if there are any developments to get this Magnetar and its little brother the UDP800, Roon certified?

2

Hi @MMG_Schlosser,
Roon never comment, it’s their policy.
Thus I suggest reaching out Magnetar, they may not either but you might get lucky.

3

I’d not heard of that brand until now. Did a quick read online and found references to it being a replacement for the discontinued OPPO player brand.

Sounds like a winner in the class it represents. I hope it does become Roon Ready.

4

Thanks for your comments. Matter of being patient. It would be a shame if such a quality player, ended up not being Roon Ready.

5

Absolutely, I hope Magnetar also view it this way.

6

I wouldn’t expect, that the Magnetar will become Roon ready.
It’s at first an UHD disc player, with some troubles in the firmware and not a real streamer.
I know, that a lot of people are using their blu-ray players as streamers (I’ve also two oppos and two cambridge audio players), but for video or audio streaming I’m preferring in every case dedicated streamers (dune, zidoo,…)…

7

After the Zappiti debacle I would be reluctant to put all my eggs in the same basket with a streamer only eco system . The UDP900 has an Ethernet-only setup which , in my case, has performed admirably when playing Dvd/BD/UHD isos from Dune or Zappiti and plays music files from storage easily too.

M

8

Attached request submitted to Magnetar today.