Has anyone used the new Innuos 2.0 Sense music app? Compared it to Roon?

Not saying the above set up is best.  It is not.  It is natural sounding, minimal boxes and reasonable money for the level of sound quality….excluding the cost of my particular dac.  

@audioman58 The embedded HQPlayer is impressive, far superior to Roon for dsp. Incredible number of settings, haven't even begun to explore many, although the settings I've used have provided very high quality sound. HQP just sounds a bit artificial with the settings I've used. DSD conversion is reportedly the way to go, requires great amount of processor power.

I agree Roon MAY not be best way to stream with lower power processor, will certainly induce more noise vs good proprietary player.

I admit my streaming path virtually unknown with audiogon posters, audiophilestyle and whatsbestforum more experimental with streaming equipment, plug n play is the favored mode here.

Agree with grannyring advice above, I've done much experimenting with entire network chain, having modem and router or switch near system provides better SQ. Rather recent poster here went so far as purchasing second ISP line in order to get his setup closer to system, and remove possible contamination from wifi, not sure he's posted a followup. I'm curious since considering another try with audiophile switch replacing present Nighthawk router powered with LPS. I suspect the router is weak line in my network, routers with wifi noisy devices, looking to segregate wifi from system. Another nice upgrade to networks is Broadcomm chip modem vs inferior Intel chip, no telephony on modem used for system, LPS for modem.

Simple is nice, not necessarily best , smps not good, lps on every active component required, this alone may require a few extra boxes. Top flight rendering in streamer or streaming dac is required for simple, problem is vast majority of streamers don't do topflight rendering, reason I'd likely go for streaming dac if I was going  simple with highest quality audio. All ethernet is way to go for simple, high quality streaming, streaming dac allows that. Based on my research, the only streamers offering best of best rendering are the Taiko Extreme, Wadax, Aurender W20SE just slightly inferior to the Wadax and Taiko .Innuous provides very nice rendering via outboard usb, believe it built into Statement.  Ports providing rendering must be isolated from motherboard for best performance, far too many don't. Bottom line for best simple setup is one of these topflight streamer going directly to dac or streaming dac in which case streamer doesn't matter as much since it will only be acting as server.

The above illustrates what I'd consider for highest quality streaming that competes with very nice vinyl setups. Not saying one can't attain fine SQ with lesser setups.

I have my isp line on custom shielded Dc cables all LPS and respectable after market power cords as well as fiber optic after the router to further isolate noise from Sonore Deluxe Ethernet to optical   and yes a minimum of16 megs of ram and a intel 7-9 processor ,and 1 T of SS drive dedicated just for the DSP for HQ player is necessary to have Optimum performance and several weeks to truly learn 

allHQ players abilities with Roon , I am just starting to dedicate any quality time 

I have seen m6 brothers results and it is fantastic and sounds great ,Thst being said it will expose any weak link in the chain I estimate at least $10-$15 k  for a quality digital setup from start to finish ,which then it’s truly digital at its best 

the latest T&A 200 dac ,is excellent and has HQ player with a bunch of filters and dither built into the dac , preamp and very nice looking as well as superb digital playback , at around $7k I feel a bargain and will meet or compete anything up to 2x its cost , depending on your taste but it has many filters and a dedicated 1bit DSD section.

@grannyring

Not saying the above set up is best. It is not. It is natural sounding, minimal boxes and reasonable money for the level of sound quality….excluding the cost of my particular dac.

Thanks for the example set up, you have a clear idea of what I’m seeking to do. Interesting you mentioned modem/router combo. I’ve been looking at high quality examples of those. Will connect with LAN cable to streamer then DAC.

I will aim for the best sound quality I can obtain through this simplified scenario. Just not interested in the alternative multiple box/cable routine. I’m confident I can acquire sound quality that will make me happy. @sns , Broadcom chip unit is preferable to an Intel. I’ll check that out.Thanks.

Charles

@grannyring

Here is an internal look  of my Just completed built DAC in Ukraine. Should have it in a couple of weeks.