I’m very interested in Octave (we need a big change from Bitperfect/iTunes/Apple) and I’m not using Roon (paid for 2 years & quit). I think the vision is great and believe that PS Audio has enough supporting technology and knowledge to make Octave an outstanding product sonically (my #1).
When I listened to the AN3s on Oct 31, I played CDs on the PS Audio transport in MR3. Hypothetically, if you replaced that transport with Octave (powered via the P20), ripped my CDs (WAV or AIFF files), and played the songs via Octave to the same DS DAC, would the sound be better? If so, why? And would there be a difference in sonic quality if those songs were streamed from Qobuz with the same file resolution?