Roon 1.8

I have early access to 1.8. It’s really good, and I like it. It’s not earth shattering improvement over the current version, it’s just better. Better looking and better functionality.

I cannot possibly post better stuff than what already posted in major professional reviewer sites like Darko or Michael Lavorgna. Or even in Roon’s own daily emails to current subscribers 

Updated about two hours ago....everything is looking good, so far.

First look today.  I like that file formats and bit/sampling rates are now displayed at the top level view.  It's faster to locate the preferred hi-res version of a title.

@tvad 

Is your local library and streaming services working?

Did you update your remote devices (iPhones and iPads) before updating your Core?  

Just updated to 1.8.  I love it! More information to read about on each recording.  I like the look also.   Well done. 

Any SQ differences?

I updated earlier today. No hiccups with the install.

I have experienced playback problems.

A great new improvement that is likely not considered by most people is the GPU usage on the ROON client. It used to be so bad that I would shut down the client and restart it again whenever I needed to select music (prior to v1.8). 

The Client also did not play nice with NVidia computer graphics drivers. I had to separate my ROON CORE and CLIENT into 2 machines. Which also gave many other advantages.

Today with the new v1.8 the GPU usage is under 10% on my cheapo DELL computer which has 6 monitors attached to it. A big win in my books.

These GPU issues were also a problem on MACs though I do not run it on my MAC anymore.

One issue I had with the upgrade was that I lost RDP connectivity to my ROON CORE computer server. I rebooted that server and will see how it goes. It is working well now.

@tvad 

It appears that Roon have some server issues, as to be expected for today’s release.  The Roon Community forums were down for most the day.  I think things with 1.8 will get worked out as new bugs are addressed and the servers get back to a normal load.

So far, I’m having a great experience, but I haven’t used all the features, yet.

Please keep me posted as to your progress.  Thank you!

@david_ten 

I need to spend more time listening (mainly I have been learning the new interface and features), but I can confirm that there is no loss in sound quality.  I might even lean toward a slightly better sound, but I will not make that claim official until I have more listening time.

What are your thoughts?

@yyzsantabarbara 

Interesting!  I have a Raspberry Pi that I have used as a Roon player, I need to update it and give it a go.  Thanks!

@allane  The changes in SQ surprised me. I was not expecting any SQ changes. 

Significant (as in most noticeable): More body, weight and impact.

Cleaner / more transparent / more opened up.

An additional ease / flow to the music. 

I need to listen more to get a feel for whether there are aspects lessened.

Roon has really done something special with this update. Very pleased with it sonically and content wise. 

Update works great for me on all devices. 

Had a great listening session last night but I didn't think to attribute the SQ to any Roon improvement; just credited a couple of good recordings that I happened to choose. I'll listen more closely for any perceived improvement from 1.8.

The UX is slick but mostly familiar and intuitive. I need to dive into the new Focus feature some more; it's promising accordingly to a couple of youtube vids I've seen from beta testers. Cheers,
Spencer

@david_ten 

Thanks for the feedback!  I’m having a similar experience.

@grannyring @sbank

+1

Has the alphabetical album search function disappeared? Used that a lot to jump around my collection when creating queue playing.

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Has the ability to reorder aa playlist disappeared? I did it the old way and it worked once but that was all.  Not even sure how/why the first try worked.