Hello, ,
I am new to ROON, but even though I love the software, I cannot get it running flawless, i.e. running without background “veep”.
My problem is: every time I start a song from my ROON (iTunes) library or with Tidal, I get a high veeping noise in the background. The beeping starts and finishes as long as the orange or green button next to the song titles are shown ( showing the source path). The beeping starts whatever signal way I choose.
My setup is:
Mac Mini 2014 (not yet headles), running as my ROON core ( software Roon server) with about 4000 music titles on iTunes stored directly on my Mac.
The MacMini is connected via USB, an audioquest jitter and dragon fly and an Evergreen audio cable with my Marantz AV 8802A. On my Marantz I have a 5.1 setup with ELAC loudspeakers.
As I am new to Roon, I have a pretty much standard ROON setup.
Any ideas how to get rid of this annoying veeping noise ?
Maybe this helps: I have first discovered the problem, when playing high resolution files ( my library has Qobuz highRes audio files ) looking at the path. I have included a picture, maybe that helps.
However, I do not quite understand what you mean by playing “… directly to the Mac…”. What do you mean ?
Do you mean playing ROON directly from my MacMini via Airplay or other connections through my Marantz AV8802 ? Well, if I play through iTunes directly through AirPlay (choosing my Marantz AV8802) there is no veeping.
Is that what you meant ?
I can only say, that testing it over and over again, and if I play low quality files, then the veeping is not so loud. It gets louder the higher resolution I use…
Hmm, good point. I am an Apple fan ever since my studies back in the 1990s and therefore I have collected for the last 15 to 20 years every song in my iTunes folder… which indeed holds all my music ! ( apart from the music bought from Qobuz in (HiRes or CD quality).
So yes, 95 Percent must be AAC…apart from my physical CD library.
Do you want me to test another format ? which one ? I would have to put it into my Mac, as I have only a super drive…
I also would have a Cocktail X40 which however is unfortunately not ROON ready…( I told them already that this is a real pity, but I guess they want people to buy new products) and I do not know how to get music from there into my MacMini.
To cut it short: I am willing - for test reasons - to convert my music into any other format through my MacBook Pro or buy a song in any other format for test reasons.
By “endpoints” Dylan means audio endpoints - your MacBookPro and your iPhone are acting as Roon Remotes (Controls).
Is there some reason why you have connected your MacMini through a Dragonfly to your Marantz? I think you should be able to just connect the MacMini directly to the Marantz using an HDMI cable - and that would appear in Roon as an additional endpoint. Might be worth trying?
I have thought about your point …“play directly to the Mac”.: do you mean I should control ROON our of my core MacMini ? This is not possible, as I have setup my MacMini with the software ROON server. This software does not allow me to control ROON out of my MacMini. I can launch at startup and then control with my iPhone and / or my MacBookPro.
I forgot to mention the OS: my MacMini is using Mac 10.13.6 High OS Sierra… and I just wanted to mention that it runs more than ROON, because the Icloud fills the Mac with all my other stuff which is in the cloud.
Hold on - I will want to try everything, but it is too much at once for me, so let me get this sorted:
WAV - my mistake, sorry. Will try it later…
“…hook your DAC up to USB port, rather than using endpoint…” I do not understand, maybe I am a too old user… Here is my setup:
In my MacMini sticks the jitterbug, than the dragonfly, than the audiocable going into my Marantz AV 8802a…So the DAC is in the USB port , right ? Or should I put the jitterbug out ? Do not know what to do…
Ok. My MacMini has only one HDMI cable and at the moment the port is connected to my TV, because I am not quite running it headless. I have tried to connect the MacMini via the HDMI cable directly to my Marantz AV8802A before the setup with my dragonfly, but I wasn’t able to play HighRes files / FLAC files. The reason for the setup with a DAC called Dragonfly is, that I want to hear ideally HiRES / FLAC files with my Marantz AV8802A…
Hey @Michael_M —- Apologies for the confusion here.
By playing directly to your Mac, I meant playing to the default output of the Mac / internal speakers of the Mac. You should be able to see this by going to Settings > Audio and enabling that zone.
This test will allow us to know if it’s always occurring or if it’s only happening when playing to specific devices.
Its not strange. Your first example above you are playing a 24/192 file but the dragonfly is limited to 24/96 and Roon has to resample it down to the proper rate. You are seeing the resampling steps Roon is using.
Ok Dylan. Here is what my MacMini setup looks like. To cut it short: I think I tried to set it up as you said. No difference, the veeping noise is still there when I play ROON…! AudioSetupMacmini|399x499
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Here is my setup: