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. 

sls883

@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. 

OK, correct menu items are "Device Setup" then "Resync Delay"

That will probably fix most problems. 

Under Show Avanced options however you should check the maximums to ensure that Roon doesn't think your DAC can do what it cannot, and also worth setting the buffer size to maximum.  This slightly increases the time to play the first track but also makes your DAC less sensitive to network issues.

@sls883 

Innuos + Sense App provides a very good streaming experience. Sense app is well laid out but lacks the bells and whistles of Roon. I don’t think you loose much of sound quality streaming through Sense + Innuos but once you implement Roon properly you will not like anything else. So take your time exploring options with Roon hardware.

Good luck and enjoy your journey! 

I prefer BubbleUPnP to mConnect after using them both. But neither are preferable to a decent native streaming app. If you don't have one try a different streamer.