Current quality of Rune
I did some searching and didn't find any recent posts about Roon. I want to try streaming with my new dac which is made to work with Roon.
I'm able to stream with Audivarna which I had used previously. It sounds good, but there is a glitch that causes loud static when switching songs. After lots of Googling, I've failed to come up with a fix.
I'll do the free trial and try Roon, but I wanted to get people's opinion on Roon. I've read that the interface is one of the best. Is it reliable? Good sound quality? I've read that Audivarna sounds better, but those could be old comments.
@lalitk I have Roon installed on my laptop and it's running. I installed the program on my tablet as well. Are there any particular settings that I should check? I'll do some homework and get more familiar with the program. Quick listen, it sounds good. |
This static problem may not be related to Roon. It's often a problem withe the DAC not syncing the right bit rate. For instance, playing 96/24 and then switching to 44/16. I've had some luck fixing this a couple of different ways. You can upsample everything to the same bit rate, for instance, 96/24. Then your DAC never has to switch. It's not a bad approach as some DACs simply perform better at higher sample rates. The other approach is to go into the advanced (I think) settings of your DAC and increase the inter song delay. Also worth checking you have the correct maximum sample rates. |
Running Roon on a laptop is what I consider a basic set up. A good way to determine if you can get used Roon app interface and its features. If you like the Roon user interface (UI) then you can look into commercially successful hardware to take full advantage of its potential. I would read up on @sns posts. He has pretty much laid out the road map for anyone who wants to learn, build a SOTA streaming experience using Roon. I am using a one box purpose Roon render/server + DAC that allows me to take full advantage of Roon features and renders amazing sound quality. |
@erik_squires Thanks for the reply. The static problem is with Audivarna. I had the same issue with my Gustard R26 dac. I did some internet searching, and it seems to happen to a number of people with no simple solution. I have Roon working and it's pretty nice. No clicks or static between songs. The gui is great and I'm just getting familiar with it. I can see why people like it. Once I have Roon optimized, I'll do a comparison with it connected through my dac and compare to my Innuos Zen Mk3 streamer. |
@lalitk It's working well. I love the gui. At some point, I'll do a comparison with my Innuos streamer, but everything sounds good. If the Innuos streamer sounds better, I'll just use it. |
