Should downsampling be done at Qobuz stream or in Roon?

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Please forgive if this has been addressed before, but if so, I couldn’t find it.

My Jeff Rowland Aeris DAC’s USB input is limited to 24/96. So for 24/192 files on Qobuz, am I better off limiting Qobuz streams to 24/96 upstream from Roon or letting Roon do the downsampling before sending to the DAC?

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Personally, I would limit the stream to 24/96

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Thank you… may I ask what your rationale is? To reduce CPU processing in the core?

Sorry, I neglected to mention that I also have two other Roon-Ready devices in other rooms, which do process 24/192 streams. So letting Roon do the downsampling just for the Rowland DAC would still allow 24/192 streams to the other two devices. Not sure if that changes your guidance.

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In that case let Roon do it. But in all honesty it would be hard to tell the difference if you sent 24/96 to the 24/192 dacs unless they were different masters.

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If you are grouping them then you have to send the same to everything. If you are using the different endpoint separately, then, they can all have a differing resolution sent to them.

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