When the Olive One manufacturer appeared to have stopped developing its software to embrace several promised features, a number of disappointed owners attempted to set up a group with the intention of continuing the development of the player using Roon. I believe that this failed due to a lack of access to the Olive's operating system.

Graham

Interesting - am seriously thinking about going the Roon route.

Granted it isn't for the more casual music listener, but I'm giving it a lot of thought, for 2 reasons.

1.The Moment / B&O app isn't a very good experience, and neither are the Deezer / Tidal apps great at discovery. Roon from what I can see does an incredibly good job of integrating local libraries with streaming, and for this and other reasons I can see why its known as the audiophile platform of choice.

2. Want to introduce a higher end streamer / DAC into my main setup - most are capable as Roon endpoints. This would be wired to the network.  And I like the server can stream to Airplay speakers too.

Glad to hear that you're enjoying it - the feedback elsewhere also seems to be incredibly positive.

I use Tidal - there's a growing amount of albums available in MQA (or what they call Masters) format.

I will need a Roon Server though, as my QNAP NAS isn't capable enough to run Roon really.

 

 

 

 

Alsfeld wrote:

3) Streaming protocol => Airplay

I need to look into Roon, so thanks for your post.

Does Roon now support AirPlay 2? Or is that irrelevant in a Roon environment?

Hi Alsfeld

I have used/still using Roon now for several years. Started to listen to the music i have on my PC which is connected to a Dragonfly Red/Jitterbug from Adioquest and BeoPlay H8. I have a membership to Tidal so I have the possibillity to listen to Master/MQA files.

In my livingroom i have a Beocenter 2 / Beolab 8000 and I have connected a Bluesound Node 2 streamer to the AUX input of the Beocenter 2. Using the Node 2 gives me a lot of possibillyties i.e. as a Roon endpoint, playing HiRes files incl. MQA, Airplay2 (Node2i), internet radio stations etc and many others.

You can connect Node2 via RCA or optical cable. I'm using the BluOS app / Roon App for daily use and they give me a good overwiev.

So my experience with Roon ( Bluesound ) is excellent.

Don't hesitate if you have further questions.....

Kind regards from Denmark 

Lasse 👍😐

I am using Roon with Chromecast as a Roon endpoint for B&O, working fine.

BeoFrederic wrote:

Does Roon now support AirPlay 2? Or is that irrelevant in a Roon environment?

Roon does not directly support AirPlay2, rather it runs Airplay and AirPlay2 devices also support the original protocol.  There was a glitch in Roon's past use of AirPlay which made AirPlay2 devices ignore it, but release 1.5 build 363 fixed that (and the current release 1.6 did not change that).  No, it is not entirely irrelevant in a Roon environment, despite them having their own RAAT audio transport protocol: One of the things AirPlay2 was supposed to allow was *any* application, not just Apple's iTunes, being able to play to multiple zones in sync.  Roon didn't care -- it will play multiple zones in sync, but only to any *one* supported protocol.  In other words, multiple AirPlay speakers should all play in sync.  Multiple "Roon Bridge" or "Roon Ready" transport/DACs should all play in sync. But not a mix of the two.

vikinger wrote:

When the Olive One manufacturer appeared to have stopped developing its software to embrace several promised features, a number of disappointed owners attempted to set up a group with the intention of continuing the development of the player using Roon. I believe that this failed due to a lack of access to the Olive's operating system.

Perhaps B&O would be more supportive ?!?

Forgive the slightly dumb question, which is...

I'm thinking of getting a Roon Server, of some type possibly a Roon Nucleus.

In addition I was thinking of a Linn streamer / DAC as an endpoint in my main lounge setup, connected to a set of Beolabs (Linn streamers are Roon capable)

Elsewhere someone mentioned that Chromecast speakers are Roon endpoints - and I have an A9 MK2 and BS2, both of which have chrome cast built in.

So, will I be able to do multi-room Roon music - presumably using the Roon iOS app - either starting music as a multi-room group / experience, or adding the A9 (for example) in to ongoing music in the lounge.

Yes, not an Airplay (2) question, but more a question of how Roon treats things like the A9 / BS2.

Apologies again for the dumb question

Sandyb wrote:

Forgive the slightly dumb question, which is...

I'm thinking of getting a Roon Server, of some type possibly a Roon Nucleus.

In addition I was thinking of a Linn streamer / DAC as an endpoint in my main lounge setup, connected to a set of Beolabs (Linn streamers are Roon capable)

Elsewhere someone mentioned that Chromecast speakers are Roon endpoints - and I have an A9 MK2 and BS2, both of which have chrome cast built in.

So, will I be able to do multi-room Roon music - presumably using the Roon iOS app - either starting music as a multi-room group / experience, or adding the A9 (for example) in to ongoing music in the lounge.

Yes, not an Airplay (2) question, but more a question of how Roon treats things like the A9 / BS2.

Apologies again for the dumb question

Sandy,

Roon zones can only be grouped with other zones of the same type.

This means, Chromecast zones can be grouped using the Google Home app, but cannot be grouped within Roon.

Using the Google Home app, you can set up groups of devices, which then appear as additional audio devices in Roon alongside the hardware devices. So for example, you could group a few Chromecasts into a “Whole House” or “Living Room” zone, enable them as separate Zones in Roon, to play together in sync.

So this will work with an A9 and BS2, but not with additional Roon ready hardware, RAAT enabled devices, for multiroom playing with Chromecasts.