Roon Streaming Service actually Degrades the sound

Roon folks firmly believe, or rather state, that they will not take sides in the Great Argument on SQ. However, for some reason, they keep tweaking their algorithm with most of new versions release. For example, the upcoming version of the 1.8 that is currently on Beta says among others:

Improved buffering and caching for streaming content

We’ve made changes to Roon’s buffering and caching infrastructure when playing streaming content. The new implementation is designed to use a lighter touch when interacting with your network and internet connection, making streaming less intensive for your Roon Core.

That is great news! Thanks for the heads up.  

How do I know Roon is less than ideal?

Someone else said so!

I prefer to listen for myself.  I recently implemented Roon and have not detected any degradation in signal quality.  What exactly is it that you personally are hearing (or not hearing) that needs to be "fixed"?

Roon has a user forum, you might try taking your "issue" there.  They might be more likely to "listen" in on their own forum.

I did some testing a while back: Roon vs audirvana. In the past, audirvana was the leader of streaming software IMO and during my month of testing, I thought both sounded similar, but the interface was much better using Roon.

Everyone here is expressing their experiences and opinions. Here are mine:

1. I sold my InnuOS Zenith Mk3 and PhoenixUSB with an Intel NUC10i7 with 32GB RAM and 256 GB M.2 SSD running ROCK. Now my system doesn’t crash Roon, doesn’t crash trying to DSP, is reliable and with super SQ. I saved thousands and am thrilled. My opinion is based on my observations and experiences is that these vendors of expensive Roon core servers are highly overpriced and have a high bar to beat over the SQ and low cost of a NUC running ROCK.

2. I have experienced zero issues with SQ with Roon. I would look at your systems power regeneration or conditioning, your systems EMI and RFI contamination and other factors. I don’t know what Roon Core server you are using now. But you can order all the things you need to make a fanless Roon server from Amazon and try it. Compare your NUC to your old or current server. If you don’t like the NUC, dismantle it and return it for a refund. Easy with no risk.