Who is Roon?

It’s yet another way to screw musicians

Actually it helps lesser knowns get discovered by linking to them from better knowns so that is at least something positive for most musicians.

Also Roon provides no music itself. It just integrates external streaming sources into a richer experience for the consumer. Qobuz and Tidal pay teh artists is a different yet related story.

Also if you find something you like in Qobuz via discovery in Roon, you can buy teh files from Qobuz.   Of course there is no pretty record or CD to look at when you buy it, you just own teh music now in case you fear losing access to something precious to you via streaming somewhere down the road.   

@mapman   After years of admiration for James Bond I recently came to the  realization that Bond was the one who cheated Goldfinger in their golf game.

First offense... Goldfinger would never find his ball because Bond was standing on it. This forced Oddjob to drop a ball down his pants. Then Bond, cheating again, switched balls in the cup and declared that Goldfinger must forfiet the game. A blatant cheat!

Golf is a game of integrity and I'm disappointed that Bond had to cheat to beat him. Goldfinger was, in fact, the better player and made a hell of a putt on the last hole and deserved the win.

@gdaddy a problem with that is Bond caught Goldfinger cheating at cards prior.

It’s a common problem these days that people use the sins of others to justify their own sins. Not a happy path! But Bond has a license to kill in any case so he is clearly special. Cheers!

Roon is not open source / free, therefore it is superior. In high-end audio, the more expensive products are the better they sound, which is comforting - you get what you pay for - and Roon was happy to oblige. It became such a cash cow in the process that Harman, shrewd enough itself to sell out to a multinational giant, acquired it.

John Galt’s roommate.

Roon is not open source / free, therefore it is superior.

This is a false statement.  Plenty of open source software that is just performant and reliable as any proprietary software.

sorry I have nothing to add about Roon as I don’t use it.