![]() or hear a difference between Windows Roon and Linux Roon. This is why people use software like Audiophile Optimiser, Fidelizer, Process Lasso etc. This is in addition to issues of noise from the computer’s power supply etc. If a setup has a direct output from the computer to the DAC (USB, coax or toslink) then many people find that the processing within the computer can affect the sound. ![]() I used to very much believe digital data was immune to such effects, but I’m starting to believe otherwise (as it relates to DACs), which of course could just make me deluded also - it’s very hard to say! Which is no doubt why there’s so much confusion and uncertainty about whats going on. My guess is when people say one sounds better than the other, they are implying the better sounding one ‘does’ something to make that happen. the DAC is doing something subtly different based on a subtly differently delivered set of data). Similar theories in signal integrity/noise/jitter reduction etc are alleged to be addressed by some computer based players to the extent they ‘sound’ different (i.e. Isn’t the notion (at least for all bit-perfect players) that it’s not just getting the data to the DAC, but how you get it there, that may make a difference? I’m not agreeing or disagreeing, but just that there seems to be a consensus that an Aurender W20 over USB will result in a better sound than a stock mac mini over USB because of the signal integrity. I’ve seen other comments about the ‘sound’ of Roon, but I don’t get how Roon has any ‘sound’ at all, when it simply presents a bit perfect stream to either a DAC or audio endpoint ? Surely any change in the audio has to be caused by something other than Roon ?
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