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Replacing Roon - What Should I get?

I'm tired of Roon having brain farts.  I have an original Roon Nucleus and have updated and augmented the Memory.  This helped for a bit.  But now, I keep having to reboot the darn thing.

It's not my network.  I have checked it out and everything in the house works fine.

Here is the setup.  A direct fiber optic link goes to the Router.  Then ethernet to Roon from the Router.  This way I get Roon to talk with the setup upstairs.  I have an 35 foot ethernet cable that runs through the walls directly from the router into my dCS Lina.

I want to replace the Roon.  I am thinking about an Innuos Stream.  Just need a streamer that can hold Roon/Tidal.  Don't need a DAC as the dCS does that quite well.  I have a SSD in the Nucleus that holds a ton of my music that I want to move over.

Thoughts on what to replace the Roon with?  Innuos (Stream) always get bandied about.  I hear about Arender as well. I don't want to get an updated Roon.

I also wonder about deleting and reinstalling the Roon App on my iPads.

Thanks in Advance

pgaulke60
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woots
367 posts
 

I feel your pain. Probably one of the most stressful audio experiences that I went through. For what it’s worth, have you tried any products with Roon built in? I say this because I experienced similar issues like you on my original Roon Nucleus and even sent it in once to be repaired. However, as a last-ditch effort, because I bought the lifetime membership, I agreed to demo a streamer that had Roon built in, and I have NOT had one issue since. It worked so nicely that I bought the streamer, an MU-1, and haven’t looked back. In my opinion, I think the Roon company products are low-end. Have you considered Aurender? They make several products that you can run Roon on or simply stream Qobuz and Tidal. You can even switch back and forth. Plus, they offer phenomenal support to keep you up and running. Good luck, and let us know how you make out.

tuberist
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my situation was just like yours. I switched to the JPlay app and lost all that extra hardware required by Roon and got an improvement in sound that I like and software stability. I stream Qobuz through the JPlay app to my Weiss 501 Dac. I get a more natural sound and more definition while I found Roon’s sound to be on the warmer side. I don’t know what streamer you use, but I thought virtually all streamers would do UPNP

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jbuhl
1,110 posts
 

My ROON server is stable on an SGC ST.  Been that way for years.

erik_squires
17,544 posts
 

Why do you need to reboot it? 

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audphile1
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You can’t run roon on Aurender which is a Roon endpoint only. 

With dCS Lina you can use dCS Mosaic app to control your streaming. Local library that’s on SSD can be mounted on any computer or even connected to dCS via USB (some artwork will not render most likely). 
If you want another roon core I would recommend understanding the root cause of your current problems to make sue your new Roon core doesn’t trip over these same issues. 
 

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