What's All The Fuss And Big Deal About Roon About Roon Being A Must-Have??

I write this as someone who tried Roon for two months and didn't stick with it.  Roon is more about music management and info concerning bands, artists and the like. Like the drummer on a particular track and want to find what other work he's done with other artists? Roon can help. Like a particular band and want to explore similar artists that you're not familiar with? Roon can help.  Want to play an album and then continue with unselected backgrouind music for the rest of the afternoon? Roon can do this.  There are other features along these lines including photos, artist bios, and the like.

I enjoyed these features but ultimately, for how I listen to music, didn't find it worth the price.  I am perfectly happy to explore new music in the fashion that Qobuz offers it, but I know others who really value and enjoy Roon's features in the areas noted above.

I for one have never called Roon a "must have." I agree that it's more about music management and for me, with ~ 500 CD's ( I don't remember, don't count them) plus Tidal plus favorite Internet radio stations I find the metadata management and integration with Tidal just outstanding.

Yes, I can listen to all of my Peter Gabriel tracks, but I can also bring in music I don't own, or I can start listening to 1 artist and end up discovering lots more.

I also really like the DSP capabilities, and multi-room synchronization.

That's what I think it brings and makes a subscription worthwhile for me, but would I try to upsell it as THE feature you must have?  Nah. 

Ditto mlsstl.

Not worth it.

sonic79

Thank you for the confirmation. 

After setting up the Bluesound Node (setup was a breeze), it seemed I already had all of the features that Roon offers....without a monthly fee.  I'm good.

You’ll probably get a number of responses, but no matter what anyone says here, pro or con, no matter how much research you do and no matter what people tell you, the only way to answer your question is by trying it for yourself. (They do a free trial.) The reason is that it probably doesn’t *do* anything that you can’t already do. I considered it for a few years and couldn’t figure out why I would need it. It turned out I don’t need it. But I’m doing a trial now and I love it. For me, it’s mostly a way of organizing my music, but Roon makes it brilliantly easy. Radio, stored files, Qobuz--all in sight and all ready to go. Give it a try and see for yourself; there’s no other way to know.

Edit: I was writing while erik_squires was posting. Basically: what he said.