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!