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To Roon or not to Roon?

I recently have tried the 14 day trial of Roon and I could not get Roon to sync with my Auralic Aries G2.1 LD Lightning app and after a couple of days of trying everything my LD Lightning app itself went wonky and started to skip tracks and not play. I had to reinstall the Lighting app and restart my Aries. I read online where some people just preferred the sound of the Lightning app as opposed to the Roon app. Is Roon worth the trouble and expense over the Auralic Aries app which is pretty good on it’s own. I spent a lot of time with Roon and it just messed up my streaming setup. Any advice would be appreciated.
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tomstruck
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mitchb how do you like the Auralic Aries G2.1 I have been looking at it to replace my Bluesound Vault 2i 

Enjoy the Music 
Tom
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mitchb OP
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Tom. I love the Auralic Aries G2.1. It replaced the PS Audio Bridge II which was connected to my Directstream dac. The Auralic Aries streamer is far superior to the Bridge II.
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mitchb how is the lightning DS interface                                        what other streamers did you look at I'm also looking at Aurender N10 
Thanks for the info 
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I too love ROON. I recently had a problem with my set up which led to a lose  of sound from my speakers. It was a simple fix and not any fault of the app. ROON's customer support is lacking which has been frustrating. Having said that, e-mails we're responded to quickly. Mitchb, get in touch with ROON support for a fix to the problem you had and try the 2 week trial again. ROON needs to know of your situation. You can then decide whether you want to commit. 
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Another +1 for Roon. Do you need it? Are you trying to solve a problem? Increase SQ? Get a better UI? Only you can answer those questions. But, if you're asking if Roon is good software, then yes. It's the best music library software I've tried by a HUGE margin - regarding sound quality, GUI ease of use, DSP features and quality, Tidal/Qobuz integration, library management, and whole-house streaming. The issues they had with 1.8 have been dealt with quickly, as far as I can tell (at least the issues I was having). IMO, the support staff is responsive, as well. People moan about the yearly fee, but it works out to about $10/month, a reasonable fee for good software. YMMV + YGWYPF (made that up - you get what you pay for)
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