Network Playback, Buffers, Continuous Stream, etc...

[asdf1000]

7 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

For those with spikes during playback, does the entire track get sent, thus enabling the cable to be pulled (if you actually wanted)?

 

I believe the Roon Core itself does this when pulling from Tidal or Qobuz... even if between Roon Core and Endpoint is 'continuous'.

 

[asdf1000]

22 minutes ago, Miska said:

No, it streams the file from the streaming service...

 

Yes what I meant is it streams it as fast as possible - there's a big burst with each track being pulled from Tidal/Qobuz by the Roon Core.

 

And then a more 'steady' stream to the Roon endpoints.

 

This is an old post by Roon's CTO but I don't think anything has changed.

 

 

[asdf1000]

9 hours ago, plissken said:

I've even made the point that using Roon as a front end for Tidal breaks this buffering model.

[asdf1000]

1 hour ago, Miska said:

Chromecast is now just for video purposes.

Chromecast Built-in for audio only lives in newly released products.

 

Look at new KEF LS50W 2.0

 

And new range of Harman wireless audio products 

[asdf1000]

48 minutes ago, Miska said:

Let's see if it is still around after 5 - 10 years.

 

I feel like we could play the "let's see if they are still around in 10 years" game for every popular name/brand/company in this hobby and there would be uncertainty for all.

 

So better not play that game and enjoy what we have now 😁

[asdf1000]

5 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Here's a good screen recording of Roon pulling a 24/96 track from Qobuz, then streaming it to an opticalRendu. You can see the receiving Ethernet speed hit 818 Mbps and the sending Ethernet is a steady continuous stream to the endpoint. 

 

 

Just like Roon's CTO mentions how Roon works, in my screenshot I shared... Roon treats both Tidal and Qobuz the same in this regard.

 

I would assume he knows how Roon works.

 

But as you showed, it's easy to test/verify.