Sound quality of Roon

Sound quality of Roon just fine, with so many variables and unique streaming setups extremely likely many opinions on it's quality will be offered.

Per @mikelavigne . Do you think what may be best streaming equipment existent would use Roon if it offered diminished sound quality!

Roon sounds best with separate endpoint, all processes turned off, therefore, dsp, volume leveling, analysis, etc.

Also, Roon likely has deepest pockets of all music players, not likely to stand still on either interface or sound quality.

Comparing to ripped cd's, local files certainly is good way to ascertain sound quality.

Not sure I believe these music players don't have unique sound quality, many  report they do. I recall hearing unique sound qualities when I initially switched from Audirvana to Roon.

Vast, vast majority of Roon issues are either user or network issues, I've not had single Roon caused issue in a few years of using it, only time I had issues, my network to blame. Roon forums will also prove this out, Roon pretty much as foolproof as it gets.

I'd also mention it is pretty difficult to get support from any streaming equipment company these days, support overwhelmed with uniquely individual issues, they couldn't possibly answer all of them even if they had the support personnel.

The issue is end users with limited computer and network knowledge getting into streaming. I started with diy solutions which required steep learning curve with this, no doubt network issues can be difficult for novice to solve. Network issues are probably the number one cause of user dissatisfaction with streaming experience.

Observation of Roon forums with those having issues, one will find problems nearly 100% of time individual in nature. Extremely rare to find a single issue universal to a particular version of Roon.

If there was a problem with a particular iteration of Roon wouldn't you think this would affect all or nearly all users of Roon!

In some cases Roon can be buggy if using many processes which taxes processors in many servers. For those using many Roon and/or HQPlayer dsp and other processes you're going to need a server with Intel I7 and above for seamless performance.

Again, Roon has no inherent reliability issues, seamless streaming requires some network and computer knowledge. The high likelihood of each of us having unique streaming setups makes troubleshooting difficult, diy fixes may entail steep learning curve.

I will offer the possibility Roon or any music player may not work seamlessly with every single possible streaming solution out there. These providers cannot possibly  test for every single piece of streaming equipment and/or combination of this equipment.

@jji666  Doesn't your admittance that some may not experience reliability issues,  and many testaments from those who also don't experience these issues prove there is no inherent reliability issues with Roon?

Now, I have no doubt we may see more cases of issues with Roon, but this due to it's high volume of users vs other players. The problem isn't one is pressing Roon too hard, it''s that Roon is pressing the server beyond it's capabilities. Roon can be both processing heavy or not, be prepared to have more processing ability with server for users maxing out Roon processing.

IMO Roon gets a bad name by providing many conveniences without more clearly stating the need for more processing power with these convieniences. Roon, with it's complex interface already more process intensive than some of the other players, many servers simply don't have the engine to provide much more than elemental Roon settings.