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ROON help needed

So, I finally tried Roon, (got a deal for a 60 day free trial) without really knowing what the hell I was doing and of course, I am even more confused than before.

I went to listen to Tidal yesterday and found under "My Music"/Albums on Tidal that it now had more than doubled the amount of titles in this file?  Over 90% of what was added, I would never listen to. 

I first thought that someone got into my Tidal account and added all of these.  I went into Tidal and changed my password.  Then I found a way to see what date these titles were added.  It was more or less the same time I added Roon.  Is this what Roon does?  My playlists and artists were still all the same, (nothing was added to these files).

So far, I am not impressed with Roon.  I'm sure it's because I have no idea how to use the damn thing, but for the limited use I have with it, I have found very little use for it.

What am I doing wrong?


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lalitk
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Roon is not for everyone, especially if you don’t intend to use or keep PC running which is a must for Roon core to work properly. 

I use Tidal via Aurender and Blue Sound apps and don’t miss using Roon at all. I found Roon quite cumbersome to use and did not appreciate its co-dependency on PC.  

I got my Blue Sound Vault up and running in less than 10 minutes. 
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lalitk
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FWIW, I am managing 2 TB of ripped music from CD’s including high Rez downloads (HD Tracks) through BLUOS app with ease. No issues with sorting or searching music, artist and albums. 

Vault 2 app allows me to browse music from HDTracks and download music files directly onto its 2TB of internal storage without the use of PC or laptop. 

I don’t care for upsampling but if I need to, my DAC allows me to upsample files up to 384kHz. Blue Sound app got me covered on digital filters, should I choose to do so. 

I don’t want to come across as anti-Roon but speaking from my experience, you can pretty much enjoy all the features of Roon in other apps without jumping through hoops. 

Dedicated streamers have come a long way. The convenience, user experience and SQ far outweighs the use of PC/laptops based interface when it’s comes to streaming music, IMHO. 
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lalitk
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Tidal in its native form sounds amazing, applying DSP settings is like compensating for deficiencies in your listening environment / faulty component or simply a matter of personal preference.

I like simplicity, plug n play. 



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