@marcin_gps interesting as I see a Tidal MQA version available in Roon. It streams as MQA using Roon.
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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I see that you are using the Meitner MA3i. I am buying one next week. I am a fan of JPlay so I look forward to following your posts. I don’t have plans on using Roon. I trialed it for the last three years and always felt that the sound quality took a step back. Interesting observation about the MQA titles not showing up and also the comment that MQA sounds great through the MA3i. I look forward to experimenting. |
@rrboogie Meitner’s a very good DAC. As to jplay I need more time with it. It sounds different than Roon, yes, but what sounds best, the jury is still out |
I’m circling back to JPLAY features once again. Features I miss - 1. Playing an album is much like playing a CD. When it’s over, the music stops. In comparison, Roon continues with the “like” selection of music using Roon radio feature. This is awesome for music discovery, missing in jplay 2. I use 2 devices - iPad and iPhone. If I start playing a selection using one device, it’s not reflected on a second remote. I don’t think it’s particularly difficult to fix but would be nice. I’d like to know where in the album or a “radio station “ I am…what’s playing. 3. the MQA playback is missing 4. sorting artist albums by popularity - missing in jplay, would be extremely nice to have Is it a justified balance between features and sound quality? With these streaming apps you get either the features or the sound quality. Lucky for us, both are relatively close. So it’s up to individual user to make the choice. Be ready to accept a compromise. |
Good luck @pgaulke60 I am a happy JPLAY user. Most of my audiophile friends are using Roon, and let me tell you, every time we gather Roon always gets brain fog.. just happens..
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