Ok to ask for hardware choice and new starter feedback here?

Update
With the Output as the Macbook 2007 & Win 10 - both Optical & USB working, so thats good, but a couple of issues;

  1. Doesn’t wake up on USB interface transition - I was planning to use the powering up of DAC to wake the Output Macbook automatically.
  2. Doesn’t go back to sleep when i’m done - not sure if Roon Bridge & RAAT does anything here maybe.

Reloaded Win 10 onto Dell netbook - plan to try both laptops as Output and see how it goes.

Re the HD8 as Remote - thanks again for the link. I had a good play around and managed to find the point that Roon transitions from only portrait to only landscape display;

  • adb shell wm density “198” && adb reboot - portrait only
  • adb shell wm density “197” && adb reboot - landscape only

Oddly enough yesterday it did run in landscape a couple of times before i’d made any changes. When it did, there was a screen first telling me that Roon wasn’t happy with the resolution and did I want to go fullscreen.

Anyway I’ve left the HD8 set to “197” and will see how I get on with it - I haven’t found anything missing in comparison with the laptop as remote. It includes DSP for example & so far I’m reasonably happy.