I tried it with Roon, and the default setting doesn’t work, no sound.
I figured out you need to set the Volume Control to DSP Volume in the Advanced Settings.
I ran just basic tests on FLAC file (I don’t have any MQA sources), sound signature was similar to what I have directly with the internal files, which is an excellent news!
That’s awesome, thanks for the heads up. I’ll upgrade mine and check it out. I also noticed my Sony HAP-Z1ES received a firmware update tonight. Wouldn’t it be cool if it could be used as a Roon endpoint too?
I just upgraded my firmware and it was successful. I had modified my firmware’s region to use the tiny bluetooth remote (RMT-NWS20). I was concerned that might have an adverse effect on the upgrade, but it didn’t. After I upgraded I had to pair the remote again, it works fine. I’ve noticed the screen is much more responsive when scrolling. One of my biggest disappointments with the device UI wise was the janky scrolling. Looks like Sony fixed it. Can’t wait to listen to it tomorrow using as a Roon endpoint.
Interestingly, my Sony ZX300 (WM1A’s little sibling) works as a USB DAC just fine with the volume control in Roon set to “Device Volume”. I do hope Sony comes out with a fix for the delay in these DACs though as they’re not usable with video content at the moment.
Roon should try working with the giant Sony to get the proper profile for the DAP and DAC.
From there, maybe some extra work required to handle MQA on Sony firmwares. That would be really sweet.
@pedalhead DAP and even DAC in general are not really working well with video sync. You may use a video that does A/V sync like VLC on IINA. As far as I have seen the lag is pretty big, more than one seconds.