Roon DAC? help please....took a chance on Pachanko Labs - know nothing about Roon

Hi All,

so basically I sourced a barely used server/streamer with matching power supply and lifetime Roon

I only have a bluesound at the moment as dac / streamer and I'm guessing I need a new dac

Can I buy any dac or must it be Roon ready?

audiocanada11-23-2022 4:02am

carlsbad Details Discussions Posts This discussion 1,551 posts 11-23-2022 at 03:10pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete You can't quite use any DAC. I found this out the hard way. The DAC needs to be new enough to be driverless. I have an old W4S DAC-2 that was flagship and Stereophile recommended when it was new. Still not bad sounding but Roon won't see it since needs driver files installed on the streamer (back then it was a computer). Otherwise, Roon should be fine with any DAC. It may not recognize some lesser known DACs and will call them something likely associated with their chipset. Jerry
carlsbad Details Discussions Posts This discussion 1,551 posts 11-23-2022 at 03:15pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete BTW, the node isn't a bad streamer if you add an external DAC. Take your time upgrading it.