Roon Streaming Service actually Degrades the sound

The purpose of this post is to put pressure on the Roon engineers

to make Roon a better product. How do I know Roon is less than ideal?

From a streamer maker who has the highest standards and

consequently refuses to go the Roon route. As he put it "I experiment with

my prototype and eliminate everything which holds the best sound back".

Sad to say he rejected Roon for exactly this reason.

I use Roon and do not want to learn a different, worse program.

Hence I want Roon to get better. Anyone listening Roon Folk?

chorus12-10-2021 6:03am

oldschool1948 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 490 posts 12-11-2021 at 03:09am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I use a Zenith MKII running Sense in my listening room. I also run Roon core on a Mac mini for whole house stereo. I can also run Roon in my listening room via my PS Audio DirectStream DAC with/ Bridge II. A/B testing Sense and Roon, Roon SQ is good; Sense SQ is A LOT better. Sense sounds more natural and the music is more full bodied with a wider soundstage. I can’t characterize Roon’s SQ as being degraded and I was fine with it until I tried Sense. For critical listening I plan to stick with Sense - unless the Roon SQ matches or better’s it. For whole house stereo to powered speakers in my home, Roon works fine.
oldschool1948 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 490 posts 12-12-2021 at 03:34pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @dougthebiker I also noticed the Roon experimental version sounded really good. I used it until I inserted a Matrix SPDIF-X between my Zenith MKII and DirectStream DAC to use i2s. For some reason, the experimental version will not recognize the Matrix. The SQ with i2s is superior to USB to my DAC. With Sense, I can take advantage of squeezelites superior SQ via i2s.