To Roon or not to Roon?


I recently have tried the 14 day trial of Roon and I could not get Roon to sync with my Auralic Aries G2.1 LD Lightning app and after a couple of days of trying everything my LD Lightning app itself went wonky and started to skip tracks and not play. I had to reinstall the Lighting app and restart my Aries. I read online where some people just preferred the sound of the Lightning app as opposed to the Roon app. Is Roon worth the trouble and expense over the Auralic Aries app which is pretty good on it’s own. I spent a lot of time with Roon and it just messed up my streaming setup. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Showing 1 response by yyzsantabarbara

Love ROON and I hardly use the organization features or even search. The things I use most are Convolution files, Parametric EQ, zones, and recommendations. I have 4 zones that are used throughout the house. I do not use WiFi and have relied on PowerLine Ethernet distribution to rooms that do not have direct Ethernet. I also have a ROON Core server that is installed on a $400 DELL Optplex server. I use ether Sonore OpticalRendu for Fibre streaming or RJ45 Ethernet streaming. No WIFI allowed.

With regards to ROON customer support. I thought they were great. I noticed a problem with CPU usage going crazy when the ROON Client was opened while music played. This was around 2AM PST. I posted a question on the ROONLabs Forum and I got an immediate response from some ROON tech in London. He/She and I worked out the solution in a matter of an hour or 2 via Forum posts. The issue (for both PC and MAC) is that some video drivers get messed up with computer OS updates. In my case, NVidia drivers. The ROON guy even found be the proper NVidia drivers to keep around for future OS updates. Great support.