Questions about using the signal from the Roon Core server direct to playback system

[Rugby (aka Daniel or Big Dan)]

It depends. If you are connecting the endpoint and the DAC via AES-EBU or SPDIF then that is it, Roon just sees the endpoint, not the DAC beyond.

If it connected via USB, then there is a chance depending on the endpoint and DAC that Information about the DAC gets reported back to Roon.

For a thorough discussion, read this post:

Does Roon Core know what DAC my endpoint is connected to

Lets confine this discussion to USB for a second, since there are a range of other situations with networked products that play by different rules. A few things to keep in mind: We (mostly) only recognize products if the company has a relationship with us and has enrolled the devices in the Roon Tested program. We only recognize products that have unique identifiers in the first place–it is very common for a manufacturer to make one USB audio module, then “share” its identity across many prod…