Jond: thanks for the link to the Auralic community. Reading through that thread suggests that I wasn’t imagining the difference. Most users seemed to feel that Lightning DS sounds better than Roon, though many of the same still use Roon for the UI. The suggested difference is that LDS employs the large buffer in the Aries G2 whereas Roon does not.
What i can relay is that, in my experience, Lightning DS sounds more open in comparison to Roon, whether streaming Qobuz or playing local files. It may be that I could tweak Roon to get there, but I’m not feeling much motivation to try.
Thanks all,
mgrif
What i can relay is that, in my experience, Lightning DS sounds more open in comparison to Roon, whether streaming Qobuz or playing local files. It may be that I could tweak Roon to get there, but I’m not feeling much motivation to try.
Thanks all,
mgrif