And even more important it all works very fast. The Weiss is immediately recognized by Audirvana and the connection is stable. This delicious DAC is unfortunately not compatible with ROON and could only be used coaxially/optically.
The best news for your editor is that with Audirvana and the UPnP protocol applied by this platform it is possible to use the Weiss DAC2 with streaming module optimally as a full working streamer. Audirvana supports the streaming services Qubuz, Hi-Res Audio and Tidal. We can choose network folders or folders on the computer as a data source for music. We see a clear overview of artists, albums or tracks. Inspired by the newsletter I went back to work with Audirvana. Or other players such as VOX or iTunes/Apple Music. Bubble UPnP is still the most versatile and is pretty user-friendly but it is not up to par with ROON. When testing streaming equipment that does not support ROON, it is often a challenge to find a good player/controller. Audirvana rigorously and fully integrates the UPnP standard, and we will continue to defend it. It takes skills to implement it properly, and they exist: more than 7 billion devices worldwide are equipped with it! So customers must demand quality integration from manufacturers, otherwise the temptation of proprietary protocols – supposedly more reliable – will flourish to the detriment of their long-term interests. But the standard has nothing to do with it. Yet UPnP remains little known and often accused of not working well. It is a critical infrastructure in our industry, and a brake on obsolescence. This common language allows devices and programs to talk to each other in the best interest of users who don’t have to change their entire system because they change a component. Even better, it’s an open and comprehensive standard, accessible to all manufacturers for free. It was designed to guarantee lossless data transmission over a computer network, including WiFi. Audirvana did not choose the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) standard by chance.