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
@speedthrills I feel your pain. @audphile1 Ditto. I think the endless and continuous updates must be the problem. Some work, other cause headaches. I am not interested in updating to a more Contemporary Roon Core given my experience with them. I really haven’t had any luck with the Roon User Forum, and yes, I have tried for multiple topics. |
@passthedutchie Thank you. As with other posts/comments, it is comforting to know that I am not alone in this issue. I really think it is issues with Roon’s updates and operating system. I know my Nucleus is old, but it should still work as intended. At least that is my belief. |
@dsnyder0cnn Yes, Thank You, I would love to chat with you. How do I get ahold of you. I will be at Axpona in April, But only Friday, and maybe a couple of hours on Saturday. Talking instead of typing would be very beneficial. Thanks again. |
@audphile1, I agree about JPLAY sounding great but the dealbreaker for me is that there are no sort options for Qobuz playlists within the JPLAY app. I find myself gravitating away from Roon for listening sessions using Qobuz connect instead and only using Roon for discovery and even that isn’t as shiny as it once was. |
+1 @woots . I have run Roon for 10 years, had issues with a Nucleus. Got a Grimm MU1 and it sounds better and is rock solid. I've tried other software and Roon is the best for me. Optimized it sounds great. |
