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Has anyone used the new Innuos 2.0 Sense music app? Compared it to Roon?

I compared the two as I am a lifetime Roon customer.  I prefer the sound of the new Innuos Sense music app.  More natural and less electronic or digital sounding.  Not day and night, but better. My big issue is Innuos Sense does not seem to keep playing music, like Roon, when the album is complete.  Roon had a Radio switch that played artists similar to the artist as a continuous stream and I loved it.  Heard many new artists I loved this way.  
Anyone know if Innuos Sense has a similar setting? I can’t seem to find it. 
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tinear123
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Just saw the weekly update for Jul-23 and the ZenMini support will be held off for 2.0.5 on Aug-03.  I can easily wait a couple more weeks before giving roon the boot.
donnedonne
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This is an interesting discussion. Not surprised that running Innuos' native software on an Innuos server would lead to better sound quality than when running third party software.

Does anyone have experience comparing an Innous server running Innuous software vs a Roon-optimized server (i.e. Nucleus) running Roon?
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grannyring OP
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I do.  The Innuos Zen and Zenith with Sense 2.04 is on another level regarding SQ.  Just so much better.  Really not close.  Real sounding vs. digital artifacts and electronic sounding. Yes, my last statement is relative to the better a Innuos. I owned the Nucleus and used Roon.  
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grannyring OP
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If Innuos Sense sounds nasal and raspy, then something else is wrong with your front end or settings.  
redlenses03
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This is great news for Innuos users, competition is great, especially for roon. I would like to try a Innuos setup (no real easy way) as well as euphony, which I think is possible as they have a trial image you can put on a stick and boot to it.

https://darko.audio/2021/07/a-very-short-film-about-innuos-2-0/

I am curious for some of the Innuos users experienced with roon regarding what @lalitk pointed out about roon setup. Being a lifetime roon user I have a dedicated linux PC running only core and then use HQP on a dedicated high end wkst (upsampling to DSD) sending music to an NAA (opticalRendu) via optical ethernet.
Separating core is actually pretty significant for how roon operates its ecosystem and is why they highly recommend this. But I digress

With the what sounds like a great uptick in SQ with the 2.0 and sense, has anyone had a roon + HQP setup to compare? Not really apples to apples but in so far as SQ in general.
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