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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. 

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Roon is rock solid. Great UI, great features. Sound quality is good but it almost never sounds as good as streaming via native app. 
Your Innuos will be better than the streamer in the dac but if you want to try Roon, go for it. 
One other option to stream with your DAC network card is Mconnect. Download the app and you can use Qobuz or Tidal with it. 

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As to a one box Roon (core/streamer) solution that’s done properly, we’re talking Grimm MU1 and MU2, Merging Technologies stack, etc….all north of $15,000. 
You ate not achieving that level of performance with a home built nuc or even a Roon Nucleus…don’t bother….

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You can also configure roon to use your innuos as endpoint. Check that out as well. 

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Mconnect works on smartphones or tablets. It’s easy to use, functional but super basic. 

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Things seem a little softer and less defined with Roon.

This is consistent with my findings as well. And this is with pretty much every Roon endpoint I’ve tried. 

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