Does Roon sound better?

I have Auralic Altair streamer-DAC and use TIDAL wi-fi streaming. It sounds nice.
Auralic Altair is Roon ready.
Worth it use Roon???

Thanks

sacresta08-26-2018 4:10pm

audioengr Details Discussions Posts This discussion 3,282 posts 08-26-2018 at 05:17pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I found that Linn Kinsky with Minimserver and BubbleUPnP (all freeware) beat Roon for SQ. I have heard that Roon is better when used with HQplayer but I have not tried this.
audioengr Details Discussions Posts This discussion 3,282 posts 08-26-2018 at 08:08pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @mayoradamwest Try a Raspberry Pi with Digione board. It will play both Roon/Tidal and Linn Kinsky with DLNA. Linn Kinsky is better. You can easily do an A/B.
audioengr Details Discussions Posts This discussion 3,282 posts 08-27-2018 at 01:58am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Different server software sounds different. I can play Linn Kinsky with Minimserver and that sounds different than Linn Kinsky with BubbleUPnP.