Roon Streaming Service actually Degrades the sound

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.

I expect any quality issues someone experience with Roon are setup issues. A while ago I compared bit-streams passing through Roon. There was 0 degradation. It is sending out bit perfect, it cannot be negatively affecting the sound.

I have a dcs Vivaldi stack etc and confirm that to my ears the Roon is  backwards step. I have uninstalled and do not miss it

Improved buffering and caching for streaming content

We’ve made changes to Roon’s buffering and caching infrastructure when playing streaming content. The new implementation is designed to use a lighter touch when interacting with your network and internet connection, making streaming less intensive for your Roon Core.

This could really help me because I notice some recent ROON stoppages in playback that is network related. I have a very busy home office network with at least 10 servers and PC's plus other family entertainment devices.