Current quality of Rune


I did some searching and didn't find any recent posts about Roon. I want to try streaming with my new dac which is made to work with Roon. 

I'm able to stream with Audivarna which I had used previously. It sounds good, but there is a glitch that causes loud static when switching songs. After lots of Googling, I've failed to come up with a fix. 

I'll do the free trial and try Roon, but I wanted to get people's opinion on Roon. I've read that the interface is one of the best. Is it reliable? Good sound quality?  I've read that Audivarna sounds better, but those could be old comments. 

sls883

@sns I'm learning that my laptop is playing a bigger role than I had thought. Makes sense, though. 

My son is kinda in the "bits are bits" camp. It took him a while to hear the difference because he had convinced himself that there wouldn't be any.  It was fairly obvious to me when I first tried Roon. It was confirmed when did the comparison.  Roon did sound really good, but the Innuos is better. I love the Roon interface, but the Sense app is good, too.  I'm sure Roon sounds great in other systems. 

Don't know if this still holds true for Innuos, but Innuos used to be in minimal processor low noise camp, other streamer manufacturers are in fast, powerful processor low latency camp. Roon requires more processor resources, works and sounds better with fast processor low latency camp streamers. Makes sense that sense app sounds better in Innuos streamer, that app designed specifically for their philosophy.

roon can sound magnificent it does depends on how you run it and how you connect it to your dac.

 

if you are connecting to your Dac via USB, then the quality of the server absolutely matters 

 

we were Importing the 432evo servers from Belgium which were designed to be a Roon core as well as delivering an ultra clean noise free Usb output to your Dac.

 

the 432evo servers combine a proprietary low latency operating system compartmentalized to run roon in its own cpu core with a state of the art clock  and USB cards and two outboard linear power supplies all designed to eliminate radiated noise,\.

the result is a much more analog sound from your Dac.

 

Dave and Troy

audio intellect NJ

Roon specialists and $#2evo dealers

 

 

I’ve subscribed to ROON with Tidal and Qobuz for around 18 months and I’m never going back…

Sound quality is excellent and “ROON Radio” new music discovery algorithm is in my opinion the best I e experienced yet.

Lifetime subscription is looming!