Not sure who else is using a Nuimo controller with their dCS units, but I recently discovered that a long press on the Nuimo (which usually controls play/pause) will put my Rossini to sleep or bring it out of sleep.
The wake up isn’t surprising, as it’s just Roon sending a “play” command, which wakes up the Rossini whether I do it from Roon Remote or from the Nuimo. But the “long pause” putting the Rossini to sleep was a surprise. A good one, as I’d rather not have to reach for dCS remote (“the plank”), if I don’t have to!
Here’s hoping that dCS releases a much better remote (ala Nuimo or Surface Dial) someday. If they are serious about having customers go direct without a preamp, a better remote is sorely needed.
Yeah, those don’t tickle my fancy. I’m looking for fewer buttons and rotary volume (aka like the amazing remotes that come with the Devialet Expert integrated amps).
Really? Let me give you two reasons why phone apps are no substitute for me: (1) my whole family uses the system, and they don’t want to fumble to find their phones just to change the volume or input; (2) when I listen to music, I don’t want to be distracted by text messages, emails, social media notifications, work messages, etc. (yes, I have Roon on a separate tablet, but fiddling with the volume slider isn’t a great way to make small volume adjustments and also doesn’t let me change inputs).
