Ok, but on that draft webpage it says Roon ready.
Hi, I think you have me confused with someone else. I am using the built-in Bridge in our BartĂłk.
And I understood, the Airlens is basically a standard Converse module (which inherits all necessary licenses), supplied with galvanic isolation, a custom power supply and the PSA âlensâ technology. If it will ever come as initially announced.
Apparently PSA have had three Roon Ready products in the past, so I just donât understand why a dedicated streamer wouldnât be.
https://roon.app/en/partners/33/psaudio
The main product I use was a start-up company, they brought in someone with Roon experience and got Roon Ready certification in 6 months.
I donât think I have read anywhere that the AL is using a Converse module. Care to share where you read that?
Anything is possible.
Have I mentioned that the dCS BartĂłk Bridge is Roon Ready? 
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I read the same thing here on this forum. But given the lengthy and messy threads around here, I canât put my finger on it right now. My recollection is that it was in a post from Paul.
My Innuos cost a little over $2,000, has galvanic isolation, 4TB hard drive, CD ripper, runs Roon Core, twin internal linear power supplies and has its own streaming platform (that I prefer to Roon) that does multi-room by uPnP. You get a lot of streamer these days for $2,000.
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Which model?
Here in the last sentence. Later the exact module was named I think to remember.
I had longer phone calls some time ago last year with the Inuous support (very good and knowledgeable about design background). He said Inuous doesnât use galvanic isolation because itâs not their philosophy. Theirs is to avoid noise as good as possible beforehand with high quality power supplies, noise controlled SSD drives and with their audiophile network components.
I think that even if one invests in all that (their network components are more expensive than several of their streamers/servers), it doesnât solve all noise problems which could be blocked by a galvanic isolation.
I see the word âbridgeâ several times in what you posted. I donât see the word âAirLensâ.
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Vince
At one point several weeks ago Paul did finally admit that the Air Lens would be based on the newest Conversdigital board and not a PSA developed board. Whether or not that was the original plan I doubt but it is where they apparently find themselves. If that in fact turns out to be the case and they donât âmodifyâ anything then all of the relevant license fees are included in their cost of the board.
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Innuos Zen, Zenith and Statement have RJ45 for data output, which I understand is galvanically isolated by design. The usb output has an isolation transformer on the output and is powered by a dedicated linear power supply, so is very low noise and is very good.
PS Audio is selling this AL on galvanic isolation, but itâs nothing new and just one of many ways available to reduce noise. It was used extensively in the Marantz SA-10, a breakthrough product launched in 2016, still in their line-up and the basis of their subsequent digital players. It also introduced their new SACD transport that PS Audio now use. It was optimised for usb.
Ahhh - well, as many of us know, itâs a fine product. Hopefully it will come Roon Ready, that will help quite a few with their Roon configurations.
Yes, I seem to remember this as well
It makes perfect sense. Conversdigital only have one active hardware product, CDM4140.
https://www.conversdigital.com/kor/product/product01.php
Seems to do everything.
Not sure why it couldnât be internalised like the Bridge. Any explanation?
Ted doesnât want it inside his DAC this time due to the noise it creates plus the room it takes up. It is better utilized in a separate box but with LPS not an SMPS or with the option to bypass the internal PS with an external if desired.
But if the AL is based on this ConverseD module, it looks according to the specs it is limited to DSD256. I couldnât find the post that specified the ALâs maximum DSD capability.
Isnât DSD256 the max for the MK2?