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Audirvana vs Roon

I finally got around to trying Roon. I am currently running a new MacMini with Audirvana and Tidal and now Roon trial. My modest system is Mac-Sonica DAC-Modwright pre-Wyred4sound monos-Von Schweikert VR4-JRs. As much as I appreciate the Roon appearance and extra info, to my ears the Audirvana sound quality is better. Anybody else prefer it over Roon for sound quality? Both are upsampled to max capable. I saw a similar thread a year ago and wanted an update. Thanks. 
tgrisham
tgrisham OP
1,291 posts
 
Thanks. I see the endpoint license is about $144 and there are some issues with Mac computers. I’ll check back with them in a while. 
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grannyring
6,479 posts
 
Prefer Roon for sound quality and great DSP features! 
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onesonido
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No issues with Roon on my Mac here.
I also own Audirvana but Roon wins in my book.
erik_squires
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I love Roon, but in my case, upsampling did not sound very good, to either PCM or DSD. 

Roon is usually light on the server, except for upsampling.

I did find the DSD / EQ capabilities of Roon quite nice, and let me match my speakers, remove boom and lift the bass in the digital domain.
tgrisham OP
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@grannyring 
thanks for your input
@onesonido
thanks for your input. Preference is both SQ and features?
@erik_squires 
thanks also. I’ll try letting the DAC upsample instead of the software. 
Much appreciated. TG 
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