ROON for speaker a/b

[Purité Audio]

Probably not news to anyone, but ROON is very useful for speaker a/b,ing, you drag both into the same zone, and you can more or less instantaneously switch between the two, you just need to set both to play the same track, you can also of course use REW and a microphone to set the same/similar output level .
Keith—

 

[Kal Rubinson]

Probably not news to anyone, but ROON is very useful for speaker a/b,ing, you drag both into the same zone, and you can more or less instantaneously switch between the two, you just need to set both to play the same track, you can also of course use REW and a microphone to set the same/similar output level .
Keith—

How do you "more or less instantaneously switch between the two?" With JRiver, I just link any outputs I want to compare and switch instantaneously among them.

 

[Purité Audio]

I haven’t used JRiver for years, I just plug two DACs into my Mac, both DACs appear in the same ‘zone’ and then switch between the two, I am not proposing an A/B revolution but it does allow you to switch between two sets of loudspeakers almost instantaneously.
Keith

 

[Kal Rubinson]

I haven’t used JRiver for years, I just plug two DACs into my Mac, both DACs appear in the same ‘zone’ and then switch between the two, I am not proposing an A/B revolution but it does allow you to switch between two sets of loudspeakers almost instantaneously.
Keith

I am just being curious. How are you switching? In Roon? With an external device/switch?

 

[watchnerd]

I am just being curious. How are you switching? In Roon? With an external device/switch?

You can do it in software.

 

[Purité Audio]

If you click the ‘output device ‘ symbol which is bottom right of the screen, then the ‘zones’ box opens you can include as many devices as you like, from there you can select which device plays. You can compare the very same track in the very same elapsed time.
Keith

 

[Kal Rubinson]

If you click the ‘output device ‘ symbol which is bottom right of the screen, then the ‘zones’ box opens you can include as many devices as you like, from there you can select which device plays. You can compare the very same track in the very same elapsed time.
Keith

Interesting. JRiver takes a different approach in that all linked outputs are simultaneously active and synched. I use my external switcher/preamp to instantaneously switch among them. I cannot give Roon a try since my power amps can only be connected to one source at a time. If I had multiple sets of active speakers, as you do, it would work.

 

[amirm]

Interesting. JRiver takes a different approach in that all linked outputs are simultaneously active and synched. I use my external switcher/preamp to instantaneously switch among them.

That is how I am doing my testing in Roon.