BS Nano as Roon endpoint


Has anyone tried a BlueSound Nano as a Roon endpoint yet? Impressions?

jbuhl

Showing 4 responses by mattsca

Resurrecting this post, I just ordered a Bluesound Nano to try with a Roon Nucleus One in my system. I currently have an Eversolo A-6 and it drives me crazy that it takes almost ten seconds to commence playing a track. The Nucleus One was working really well in my other home with Bluesound Nodes, so this will tell me if I have some sort of network issue separate from the Eversolo device.

@jeffbij the Roon server is wired and the endpoints are wifi.  But signal is very strong and music never stops once it's playing - same case at both homes.

Separate issue is my McIntosh C53 with the DA2 DAC clips the first 1-2 seconds off songs.  That was actually the reason I pulled the trigger on Roon, to get the ability to set a resync delay.

UPDATE: the ten second delay was my bad!  Somehow I had set the resync delay to 10000 ms instead of 1000 ms.  My wifi is just fine, but thank you, Jeff, for the comprehensive troubleshooting guide.

I have a Nano hooked up with a USB connection to my MC-53 (DA2).  It sounds very good - at least as good at the Eversolo A6.  To @jbuhl's question, the Nano was found by Roon and incorporated nicely.  I still get a resync clipping the first half second or so of songs - I think that's just a problem of McIntosh's DAC that I have to live with.

I also played the Nano through the RCA connection and it sounds ok, but the Eversolo through XLR sounds better.  That could simply be the cables, but I think the Bluesound DAC is the weakest of the three.

Anyway, back to the op's question, the Nano plays just fine with Roon.

I don’t use Tidal, but I do use qobuz and Amazon Music. I’ve been using Roon for two weeks now and, IMO, the interface is far superior to native qobuz or Amazon.