McIntosh adds C53 and C2700 to its Roon Tested products

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by Andy Bassett
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McIntosh adds C53 and C2700 to its Roon Tested products

The addition of the C53 and C2700 preamplifiers to the list of McIntosh's Roon Tested products, takes the company’s total to 14.

The New York based company which specialises in high quality audio and home entertainment has been involved in the Roon Tested programme since March 2019 and Roon Labs has now granted the Roon Tested status to McIntosh’s C53 Solid State Preamplifier and the C2700 Vacuum Tube Preamplifier.

The current full list of Roon Tested products from McIntosh is :

Preamplifiers: C47, C49, C52, C53, C2600, C2700 and D1100
Integrated amplifiers: MA5300, MA7200, MA8900 and MA9000 
Receiver:
MAC7200 
Headphone amplifier:
MHA150 
Integrated Audio System: MXA80

All of the company’s Roon Tested models utilise McIntosh’s eight-channel, 32-bit digital-to-analogue converter (DAC), used in Quad Balanced mode. The DAC’s coaxial and optical inputs decode up to 24-bit/192kHz while the USB inputs accept even higher PCM signals of up to 32-bit/384kHz and offer support for DSD256 and DXD 384kHz.

The C53 and C2700 can both use the newer, recently announced DA2 DAC, with improved dynamic range and total harmonic distortion, plus support for DSD512 via USB.

Products designated as Roon Tested have been profiled and tested by both Roon Labs and the equipment manufacturer for maximum compatibility. Roon Labs test various manufacturers' audio endpoints with Roon, using much more rigorous testing than any normal user would. The manufacturer also tests Roon with its product and makes sure it doesn’t do anything bad to its endpoint. Compatability means that Roon will recognise these devices and send them audio optimised for their capabilities. The device settings in Roon are optimised to improve the customer experience so no fiddling with checkboxes or dropdowns and Roon Tested devices are automatically identified and configured out of the box. And because the manufacturer provides Roon Labs with its hardware, new software versions can be tested against every device in the Roon Tested programme prior to release.

Roon is a varied and engaging way to browse, organise and listen to music. Artist photos, credits, bios, reviews, lyrics, tour dates and composers are located automatically, then interconnected by links to build a searchable digital magazine for the consumer’s favourite music. Roon can build into a multi-room, multi-user networked audio platform and offers features such as bit-perfect playback, DSD and PCM upsampling, multichannel support and Signal Path display.

A step up from Roon Tested products are those that have attained the Roon Ready certification. This designation is for audio player hardware products that have implemented Roon Advanced Audio Transport (RAAT) - which is the backbone of Roon's audio distribution technology and integrates with displays, buttons, volume controls, and source switching capabilities - and have also been certified by Roon Labs for proper implementation.

Source: Press release
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