Roon Streaming Service actually Degrades the sound
The purpose of this post is to put pressure on the Roon engineers
to make Roon a better product. How do I know Roon is less than ideal?
From a streamer maker who has the highest standards and
consequently refuses to go the Roon route. As he put it "I experiment with
my prototype and eliminate everything which holds the best sound back".
Sad to say he rejected Roon for exactly this reason.
I use Roon and do not want to learn a different, worse program.
Hence I want Roon to get better. Anyone listening Roon Folk?
I don’t quite understand your post? Not too long ago you started a thread asking, ‘Wondering what improvements I can made to my streaming end’ If you’re not interested in learning ways to improve streaming sound then why post here or even start a thread? I’m sorry to say but there no magic wand available that will transform your Node 2’s sound to analog or cd sound. |
Objective measurements are a tool to get better sound quality but they don’t constitute better sound quality. Measurements do not represent sound quality in its totality. In the end if it sounds better, it is better. Or if it sounds worse, it is worse. Yours in music, Ted Denney III Lead Designer/CEO Synergistic Research Inc. |
I’ve done A/B comparisons between Roon and using the Lumin app that works with my Lumin Streamer / DAC. I’ve used 2 different cores, both laptops that when being used as the core we’re running no other programs, they were hardwired to the modem. I’ve had both cable internet and now fiber optics, highest speed / bandwidth tiers available. Unsure why there is sound quality difference, guessing both the Lumin app and Roon are providing the same bit quality. I’ve been on the Roon forum and a Lumin representative is active and adamant both provide the same level of bit quality. Maybe if I went all in and had a dedicated standalone core but I can’t logical understand how that would provide any better performance than a adequate laptop running nothing else but Roon, no way Roons requirements should overload the laptops capabilities with no other programs running that I can see. If sound quality is better with just the Lumin App and nothing else in between the streamer / DAC seems like putting a core in the middle of that and having it potentially lowe the quality / performance is silly. I’m not knocking Roon at all, I think it’s a great product. Those however that are stating anyone who hears a difference in SQ when comparing Roon to other available streaming options are wrong, my ears say different. Could it be my set up absolutely it could but on paper my set up is more than enough to provide optimal performance for Roon to sound its best.
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@markmuse Do you have an Android device? Or could borrow one? If so, try installing BubbleUPNP on it, it’s very cheap, then try streaming from Qobuz within the app to the Bricasti. I think you’ll find it’s pretty good. |
