Roon changes the music

Why not just buy a true streamer like a innuos with very low noise dedicated linear power supplies , i too used a computer between the filthy power inside to lack of much of any f filtering or power regulation . Buy a good innuos streamer 

dedicated linear power supplies , low noise regulators ,massive filter capacitance 

my innuos 3 also has a dedicated 2T  SS Hard Drive .

please remember your router brings in tons of noise  most are 4 amp 12 volt ,the wall wart is $5 garbage put a dedicated. LPS power supply,  and Ethernet hub for sure toss these $25 hubs added noise .LHY builds the best for under $700  and use at minimum pangea power cords, quality Ethernet cables , your last end point cable makes the most difference ,use best cable.

@nymarty 

Good advice and in place in my system.

@audioman58 

My Xfinity modem uses an iFi Elite for its PSU. My Nucleus+ and Nagra Streamer are powered by Tony Pardo PSUs and use AQ Vodka ethernet cables to connect to the modem. There are no other devices connected. The Nagra Streamer uses a proprietary fiberoptic cable to connect to the Playback Designs MPD-8. I do not think I can create a better signal path.

I agree that Roon sounds fantastic, but QC sounds different and at least with a brief listen, sounds better.

@tcutter 

That would suck because I really like the Roon UI and the fact that all my music is organized there.

There is a solution, it is Jplay

https://jplay.app/

@mapman 

I think Roon sounds wonderful. Go figure!

It does, until you hear something better.

Or, you buy a Taiko- those users claim there is no degradation using Roon. If someone can tell me what that server/streamer does differently than my Antipodes K50 in order to make Roon sound better I would appreciate it. 

@audiopacer 

Don’t believe the Roon forum bots. They will try to convince you that you are wrong- it can’t be Roon… and you are only imagining it. They are the digital equivalent of the ASR hardware “measurements above all else” weenies. 

Yup. been there done that. I respond to someone else’s thread to confirm I hear the same thing, they jump all over you, claim you didn’t level to the 1/100th of a db, I tell them Roon could be 2 db higher and I still say other software sounds better, they say there must be something wrong with my system. I question their unscientific reasoning, they then called me the troll! 

@yyzsantabarbara I prefer Tidal as well. To me, in most cases, it sounds better than Qobuz.