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Current quality of Rune

I did some searching and didn't find any recent posts about Roon. I want to try streaming with my new dac which is made to work with Roon. 

I'm able to stream with Audivarna which I had used previously. It sounds good, but there is a glitch that causes loud static when switching songs. After lots of Googling, I've failed to come up with a fix. 

I'll do the free trial and try Roon, but I wanted to get people's opinion on Roon. I've read that the interface is one of the best. Is it reliable? Good sound quality?  I've read that Audivarna sounds better, but those could be old comments. 

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erik_squires
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OK, correct menu items are "Device Setup" then "Resync Delay"

That will probably fix most problems. 

Under Show Avanced options however you should check the maximums to ensure that Roon doesn't think your DAC can do what it cannot, and also worth setting the buffer size to maximum.  This slightly increases the time to play the first track but also makes your DAC less sensitive to network issues.

erik_squires
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This static problem may not be related to Roon.  It's often a problem withe the DAC not syncing the right bit rate.  For instance, playing 96/24 and then switching to 44/16.  I've had some luck fixing this a couple of different ways. You can upsample everything to the same bit rate, for instance, 96/24.  Then your DAC never has to switch.  It's not a bad approach as some DACs simply perform better at higher sample rates. 

The other approach is to go into the advanced (I think) settings of your DAC and increase the inter song delay.  Also worth checking you have the correct maximum sample rates.

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