Aurender to Roon Core?

“aurender sees roon as the enemy“
@jjss49 

Not exactly since Aurender was founded in 2011, four years ahead of ROON’s launch in 2015. 

@lalitk

sorry but i am not following your drift

what does founding dates have to do with how aurender currently views roon? aurender does not want roon to be used on its gear, so they have made no effort to make it useable on its hardware, whereas many other streamer companies have

@jjss49

Aurender has committed considerable resources in developing a robust and intuitive app since their launch. I don’t think it’s fair to label Aurender as enemy of ROON just because they choose not to support ROON for philosophical reasons.

As far as other streamers companies, some of them have already developed their own proprietary music management software which (based on the feedback) proving to be far more superior to ROON in terms of sound quality. Not to mention, majority of the streamers that support ROON can’t operate independently unless you pair them with an external device running a ROON Core.

IMHO, Aurender decision to not support ROON is not only strategic but a wise one too. 

I just bought an Aurender N200.   It is an awesome machine.   Lack of Roon never even factored into my decision.   Sound quality is sublime, I don't think I want a 3rd party software app messing with that....    plus I have enough subscriptions,  thank you 

Rather than subscribing to Roon I spent that money to have both Qoboz and Tidal.   There is enough unique content on each platform t o warrant that for me.   I used Roon when I demoed my DAC.   Just wasn't for me 

@lalitk timeline doesn't affect competition...why would it matter which one is founded first?

@oddiofyl I could say the same about my innous.  Other than it does do roon.  I subscribed to both Tidal and Qobuz before I got roon.  .  didn't enjoy the HMI in either one of them.  Tidal pissed me off daily so I was very happy to get rid of it. YMMV.  BTW, roon isn't a music source so you need Roon + Qobuz which I can afford and I enjoy.  If you are on a budget, the Qobuz HMI will eventually get music played.

Jerry