The time has come and I request advice...
To my fellow audiophiles the time has come and I am going to attempt to improve my digital source in one audio system I have, Currently running a Bluesound Node X into Denafrips Pontus 12th Anniversary and it sounds great but i am ready and willing to update the streamer. Looking for a dedicated streamer that will play Tidal or Qobuz. Might be interested in going the Roon route. Budget is about $2500. Right now the Lumin U2 mini and Aurender seem to be at the top of recommendations. Looking for advice from those who have used the streamer they recommend.
I listen to Jazz, Blues and instrument music mostly...also going to add a turntable to my other audio system and will post another question...
What I really use is the credits section. Each credited artist photo appears with a number below indicating the number of tracks they play on, click the number and get a list of tracks, click the name and your off to their page with description and discography. One other feature I forgot to list is the "recorded" link. On each track click the recorded link and you get a list of all the artist who have recorded the track. |
What other apps mentioned here have these features Roon offer. Sans the DSP features 1 fairly detailed signal path & conversion display 2 Album Credits with hyperlinks to each artist in the credits
3 ability to download PDF liner notes 4 scrolling lyrics 5 composition meta 6 ability to play to mobile device not on local network. 7 streaming content preferences. 8. isolating only the local storage or stream service. 9. display whats playing through a browser or Chromcast.
Roon Users what other non DSP features am I missing besides the standard fair in most any music app? No need to chime in "well I don’t need that..." |
@moto_man I agree, its a great product.
But they could take the technology and make a whole new server product , rebrand it and integrate it into some other hardware config (SAAS for example) and let ROON as is die on the vine. I said "Could". |
