@wsrrsw fun conversation -- and will continue to follow --- but apart from a couple of posts that corroborate the same points here, not much (on that particular thread I mean). Too many people already vested in Roon. Plus Paul McGowan at PSAudio seems to be a polarizing force! :-)
Roon vs Qobuz Connect
Yes the title is misleading because Qobuz is a server and Roon is an aggregator. But this question is for all those who stream Qobuz via Roon, or via Qobuz Connect (QC).
There is little doubt that QC sounds significantly better than Roon streaming Qobuz. Admittedly a subjective opinion, but for all of those who agree:
The advantages of Roon in integrating personal and external sources are obvious. To counter this, I can run a small local server and access my personal collection via Qobuz. But the aggregation sucks overall.
What can I do to have my QC cake and eat it too? I’d love to hear about any clever tweaks to imitate Roon’s capabilities, while keeping QC quality.
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@debrajray what about the Moon Mind app with your moon streamers? That should allow you to closely replicate what QC sounds like and enable you to read local files. |
@audphile1 yes, good point; thanks. I have actually run that experiment using Minimserver to send local files to Mind, but didn't bring it up here as it was specific to Moon/Mind. I did it now again. I still hear a difference which suggests something intrinsic to Roon overhead rather than having a local server in between. The difference to me seems to be stronger when comparing Roon and QC directly. But here my hearing could be failing me... I give up! Look: there's no day and night stuff going on. So It's back to good old Roon, I guess. @rivinyl for what it's worth... |
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