2019 Mac Pro vs. Roon


I'm struggling to understand how a music server would differ from my 2019 Mac Pro (Mac Pro - not MacBook Pro - using Audirvana or Roon software) or a Marantz SACD 30n with attached usb storage. As far as the SACD 30n goes, I understand that you would lose a User Interface, but would sound quality suffer?

Thanks in advance,

Yet Another Noob

noob504

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Roon was designed as the best music library organizer in the world ,nothing is even close ,as far as it’s organization ,and information per artist ,include QObuz, or Tidal you have millions of songs at your disposal ,together nothing is better.

your computer is a different topic ,it’s a server - computer ,a computer has so many sub directories and programs in the background and not the quietest place for music ,and power supplies are noisy , that’s  why people use dedicated music servers ,that use regulated linear powersupplies  and a lot of other programs even Roon has a dedicated Linux  program you can use .