My Roon Core is on my Sonore MicroRendu, which is hardwired to my router.
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I have 12 devices connected to my Router, including iPads and phones
No tracks yet, until I can get Roon to work.
Roon can not find the Roon Core
The microrendu cannot run roon core. The needs to be on a computer like a Mac or windows pc.
I think what you mean is the microRendu is a Roon endpoint?
These don’t show up in Roon unless they are connected to a DAC and the DAC is powered on, the input is set correctly on the DAC and Roon Ready is enabled in the microRendu app switcher.
Rugby,
Thank you for providing the solution that Roon must be installed on my PC.I kept installing the browser…
I am now enjoying my music system again.
Claus
Rugby,
I have another newbie question.
I am trying to change the volume control from fixed to variable.
I have read the Roon Setup pages and I I am getting lost in technical terms like ASIO .
My core is on a windows 10 PC and my remote is on an iPad.
Can you help me figure out how I can use the volume control on the remote iPad?
Thank you in advance
Claus
Hi Claus,
Glad you have it working.
Remote volume control isn’t available on some endpoints/setups but it’s set up as follows:
Click the volume icon in the lower right.
You may already see the volume control as pictured below. If not click the gear icon.
This will bring up Zone Settings and Audio Device settings. Click device setup.
Here you’ll see the setting for Volume Control.
Click this and from the drop down select Device Volume.
As mentioned, this can be different or not available in some setups.
Here I’m using WIN 10 with an iPad.
If you’re seeing something different let us now and we’ll get you sorted.
You can’t click Fixed Volume and change it to Device Volume?
I’m not certain but that might be a result of that particular DAC.
I haven’t used my microRendu in a while.
I’m going to set it up later today and have a look as I don’t want to be leading you astray.
I’ll report back.
When I click on Fixed volume and try to switch it, it goes “gray” and does not change, soI am stuck with fixed.
My DAC is a PS Audio Nuwave DSD, and I called the manufacturer and he had no idea whether Roon would be able to do this.
But when I used Spotify, I was able to control the volume on my remote, so I think we can rule the DAC out and just deal with ROON.
And today, I have another question.
I am playing the below album and it has the following specs:“FLAC 44.1kHz 16bit, MQA 44.1”.
How is that different than playing a CD of the same recording???
Hi Claus,
Sorry I haven’t gotten back to you about testing with my microRendu. I haven’t had a chance yet.
You might want to remove the solution indication from the earlier post as it will cause this thread to be automatically closed after 2 days.
The recording you have posted is using the MQA format. Originally MQA was used only for hi-resolution files but Tidal is gradually replacing 16/44 FLAC with MQA.
It’s a controversial topic: Some say MQA sounds better, some say worse, and others say the difference isn’t perceptible.
Others (such as myself) aren’t too concerned with the sound differences but have concerns about MQA’s business model etc.
Essentially though, in this case in terms of sample and bit rates, it is the same as CD.
There are plenty of threads in the Roon forums and elsewhere explaining the technical aspects of MQA and it’s merits, or otherwise.
Hi Jeff,
I removed the solution from the earlier post.
Looking forward to the test.
I just want the best sound quality i.e. highest bit rate. Comparing Tidal with Spotify - which is better?
Spotify uses a lossy codec that removes information to make the file smaller and can compromise fidelity.
Tidal uses FLAC which is not lossy and will (generally) sound better.
Tidal also uses MQA. Technically MQA is also lossy but in a different way that (theoretically) doesn’t compromise sound quality the way Spotify does.
So I think you’re better off with Tidal.
Note that a small number of Albums on Tidal are in the lossy AAC codec.
Ideally, I’d use Qobuz if sound quality is paramount as Qobuz is strictly lossless FLAC but the Qobuz catalog isn’t as large as Tidal and Qobuz doesn’t integrate with as much hardware and software as Tidal.
I tried Qobuz but I ran into a problem when I updated my credit card. Their arrogant French support dork refused to refund the $130. paid into my old card and wanted me to pay another $130. using my new card.
Fortunately PayPal forced Qobuz to refund my money but I will never use that product again.
Oh, and a lot of their replies were in French!
Anyway, I will stick with Tidal!
Technically I preferred Qobuz but I only use Tidal now simply because it integrates better with some of my hardware and I got tired of juggling two streaming services.
The older I get the more I appreciate convenience over technical minutiae or subtle differences in sound quality 
At 90, I am a technophobe, but I still want quality sound (even if I can,t hear it) …go figure
I’m the same way.
I have upgrades that don’t obviously sound any better but I feel confident they don’t sound worse and might be better.
I set up the microRendu then realized my DACs are set to fixed volume internally and changing them to variable volume would be a bit arduous and may not tell us anything useful as they’re different DACs than yours.
You might try searching the forums for “volume control” or similar as I’ve seen many threads about this sort of thing and you may find some answers there.
The only reason I want to change the volume control is that I have to get up from my usual convenient listening position and go and change it on my pre-amp and that setting is so sensitive that a tiny change goes from soft to ear-splitting. Oh well… I guess it gives me some exercise,
Thanks for all your help.
Cheers!
PS Just found a 253 page Roon User Guide in PDF format… perhaps I can find an answer there?
