Roon and Streaming Services


A probably basis question about Roon.

I currently use Roon with Tidal but am thinking of switching to Qobuz.

When I activate Qobuz will Roon keep all of my albums, artists and tags etc intact?  In other words, are those items stored in the Roon memory rather than the Tidal memory?

And if one were to have both services ( not sure why one would ) how does Roon determine which one to use for a given selection ?

Once again, pardon my digital lack of know how and thanks for the help.

mdrone

Showing 1 response by charliech

There is a setting where you can tell Roon your streaming service preference. It also says that "Roon will always feature the highest quality content from your library." 

It's under "Settings" - "General" - "Streaming Content Preferences". 

I just added Tidal's HiFi tier and am currently using that and Qobuz in Roon.  I haven't done any side-by-side listening so I can't really say that one sounds better but my "gut" thinks Qobuz does.  But it's not a fair test as I have hi-res audio in Qobuz and just CD quality audio in Tidal.

When I do Roon radio, it mixes between the two services (and local music), and I don't really notice any obvious changes in sound quality.  I mean some stuff sounds different but that's because, in that context, it's different songs, different recordings.  

FYI, I got Tidal because Tidal is built into the Tesla infotainment system.