I recently added a roon nucleus, switching from mconnectHD, streaming from Qobuz to my Bricasti DAC. There is no question that roon sounds different - and according to my sensibilities WORSE: muffled, with a loss of detail, ambiance, and nuance. I am not a happy camper.
Roon Streaming Service actually Degrades the sound
The purpose of this post is to put pressure on the Roon engineers
to make Roon a better product. How do I know Roon is less than ideal?
From a streamer maker who has the highest standards and
consequently refuses to go the Roon route. As he put it "I experiment with
my prototype and eliminate everything which holds the best sound back".
Sad to say he rejected Roon for exactly this reason.
I use Roon and do not want to learn a different, worse program.
Hence I want Roon to get better. Anyone listening Roon Folk?
Showing 2 responses by markmuse
@richtruss No android device here. mconnectHD sounds good, better than roon. With mconnectHD streaming Qobuz to the Bricasti there is a wealth of detail and nuance, much better dimensionality and connection to the music. Heck, even Omnia Receiver through a NuPrime Stream9 > Bricasti leaves roon in the dust. I do prefer roon's interface and abundance of information. But sound quality first. |