Roon


I'm very happy with Plex and older Squeeze systems for personal  streaming currently. 

Should I try Roon now or later?

Streaming devices I use currently are 2 Squeezebox Touch, Amazon Fire TV and various laptops tablets and PCs. 

I  use Plex with audio, video and digital photos.   I also access my Plex server remotely over Internet.   So Roon could replace Logitech Media Server but not Plex I believe. 

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The advantage of the RPi is it's cheap and the jitter you will get from the SP/PDIF output from the Digione I believe will beat most servers.  For $140, it's not in a box though, just two circuit boards sitting in the open.

You can also configure it to do DLNA.

Steve N.

Empirical Audio

I haven't looked back since going to Roon from LMS.  From any phone, tablet, or laptop in the house we can control the main rig in the living room, my office rig (SB Touch), or the Bluesound Pulse Mini in the kitchen.

Roon's tough to quit once you've gotten into the interface.

Sound quality on the big rig took a noticeable jump, taboot!