I’m newer in the hobby as well and never have had Roon. Not sure why I need it. Not saying you guys don’t need it and understand many highly value it. and I accept that. But I simply use Tidal Connect or Qobuz Connect straight to my streamer. For my CD collection I ripped, I either access it off of a Mac Book hard drive or recently with a new Eversolo T8 just dropped those files to that via its hard drive and pop in SSD storage (up to 16 terabytes). If your collection is smaller it would hold up to 64gig on the native hard drive. So with apps that are easily controlled by my phone or tablet (Qobuz, Tidal etc or the Eversolo app) and full access to my entire CD library via the Eversolo app, I don’t know why I, or any really, needs Roon. I realize different streamers have different capabilities but with most newer streamers it seems like one gets all that. Now that I’ve put that out there I’m happy to learn. But to the OP, lots of ways to not need Roon at all I think.
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
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Hello. Currently extremely frustrated with Roon lately- pausing, hanging, sluggish. When compared to JPlay or MConnect it’s an obvious downgrade in sonics. Whatever they are doing at Roon Labs has not been great at least on my relatively new Nucleus One core. I’m sure there are scores of users who have no issues, as once was the case with me. The past months have been very odd. Wish it would work better. Very frustrating to have the best UI but sub par actual audio experience. Btw, my home network kicks maximum a$$, there has been no stone unturned; It’s definitely NOT the LAN or WAN. Something super buggy has been happening with Roon performance. I am wondering about next steps as I think it’s high time I abandon ship. 🛳️ |
I reboot it because if I don’t the app will constantly keep look for the Nucleus, find it, then drop again. Same happens when it is looking for the DAC/streamer (dCS or BlueSound). It will find it, then drop back to not showing it. Back & forth I go. When I choose some music it will just give me the icon swirl of death. What is a SGC ST?
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@pgaulke60 I also had that issue occur quite often of late. I resolved by removing other apps installed on the PC that were contending with the Raat server component of Roon core for resources. So the key to keeping it minimal appears to be to allow the Roon server to run efficiently and not be constrained. Also possible the extent of the problem might vary using different devices as Roon endpoints. |
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