Signal path for music data, strait from internet to hardware streamers, Audirvana only as remote control

Hello,

I have a question about the actual signal path for music data with Audirvana Studio, when it plays hardware streamers.

I’ve just installed my new hardware network streamer, the DSS 2 from Metronome Technologie.
The DSS 2 needs a software app to access and operate it. Its Audirvana certified. Now I am trying out if Audirvana is a good match, as a remote, via UPnP protocol. I do wonder, what’s the actual signal path for the music, when I use Audirvana Studio with it.

The DSS 2 can and should stream the music data via Wifi or Ethernet and a SSD hard drive. It is a high quality component, and I want it to be in charge (the source and master) to run all the signal path, and out to my DAC. A strait connection from internet —> to streamer —> to my DAC. Not via my Mac. A short path from source to output.

Means I want to make sure, that its not my Mac with Audirvana who actually streams the music and then sends the music data to the standalone streamer (making it a bridge), but just remote controls the streamer. All this connects via the same wifi network.

I also have music stored on my Mac, again does Audirvana just send the data out to the streamer, or actually process it first internally on my Mac?

There does not seem to be an option to select signal path routing in Audirvana’s settings…

Really looking forward to understand this better. Many thanks!

Audirvana processes it on the computer it is installed on and then sends it out.

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Thanks for your reply.
I’ve assumed this, for music stored on the computer the software is installed on with.

Do you know, how Audirvana handles online streams or any other externally stored music files, when used in connection with a network streamer?

Same. It processes the sound on the computer, for instance the incoming Qobuz or Tidal FLAC stream, and sends it out as (RAW) PCM to the streamer.

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