What DAC do you use with Roon? Please list make and model (and price if you feel like adding it) [2016 - 2021-03]

Meridian DSP 5200SEs are my DAC now… The search is over, it took long enough though :joy:

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Kitchen - Squeezebox boom
Dining room - Pi->Chord 2Qute->Luxman M200->Harbeth P3ESR
Living room - Yamaha YSP2700 soundbar over airplay
Bedroom - Pi->Metrum Onyx->MFA passive preamp->Bryston 4BSST2->ATC SCM19
Bedroom headphones - Pi->Hifiberry DAC+ Pro XLR->Violectric HPA V200 amp->Sennheiser HD800

Tidal > Roon > HiFiBerry Digi +Pro > SMSL M10 DAC > active speakers.

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FLAC or Tidal via Ethernet -> Chromecast Audio -> QED Reference Optical -> Hugo Mscaler -> Wave Dual BNC Cables -> Hugo 2 -> Nordost Heimdall 2 cable -> Sennheiser HD800 To Ears

Metrum Acoustics Adagio delivered a few hours ago
Connected and burning-in but… already breathtaking :slight_smile:

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I have the Ambre delivering today and the Onyx later this week!!

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Nice, how do you have it hooked up? I2s or COAX?

I2S is the way to go…:+1:

How do you connect a PC to an I2S input?
Do you need a separate PCI Express card?
Or does the Ambre act as the bridge?

PCIe card or bridge (AudioByte Hydra Z or similar).

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you use I2S from Ambre to connect to DAC.

I use the Wyred4Sound Dac2V2se 10th Anniversary Dac. The cost is 4500.00. I am running I2S

Killer!

Thanks

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Chris -

See your first request for details.

Thanks,

Tom

NAD D 1050
Meridian Explorer
Emotiva Little Ego

Is that an Explorer or Explorer2?

Explorer v1.

They don’t do MQA only Explorer 2

His issue is Roon doesn’t always recognise it as an accredited product I think.

Roon Server (with Tidal) on Windows 10

Roon Client>iPhone 8 Plus>Chord Mojo

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