As explained by Roon, the Roon Ready functionality is essential to provide a superior audio quality to the rest of the equipment of non-certified brands and ensures optimal audio performance with certified equipment... I copy some explanations that Roon gives about it:
RAAT (Roon Advanced Audio Transport) is the backbone of Roon's audio distribution technology.
It is designed to support a wide range of software and hardware applications without format support restrictions or quality compromises. It provides rich user experiences by integrating with displays, buttons, volume controls, and source switching capabilities.
It enables you to play your Roon music to:
Roon Ready hardware devices
Audio outputs, sound cards, and USB DACs connected to the Core.
Audio outputs, sound cards, and USB DACs connected to any computer or device running Roon Bridge
Audio outputs and USB DACs connected to Android devices running Roon Remote.
We like to think of RAAT as AirPlay for Audiophiles.
In November of 2015, we released the Roon Ready SDK to hardware manufacturers to enable them to create hardware products that speak RAAT. Since then, over 50 Roon Ready products have been introduced, and more products are in progress on an ongoing basis.
‘Roon Ready’ means the DAC or other device being certified complies with all Roon Labs requirements to fully allow for all Roon’s considerable functionality.
By virtue of all that, it would be interesting and a great plus for a brand like Nuprime, which is oriented to produce audiophile quality equipment, to have the Roon Ready certification.