FWIW: I posed a similar question when comparing Roon vs. Lightning DS (Auralic’s control app) as I was perceiving LDS to be superior to Roon. It turns out most LDS users have concluded the same.
I share this experience here because I wonder if the native apps have an easier time managing data packets and memory buffers/cache than Roon does because the latter needs to work on multiple platforms.
There’s no question Roon is the best UI, but I don’t think it’s the best sounding. It certainly isn’t for my system and it wouldn’t surprise me if that was true in a Lumin environment as well.
I share this experience here because I wonder if the native apps have an easier time managing data packets and memory buffers/cache than Roon does because the latter needs to work on multiple platforms.
There’s no question Roon is the best UI, but I don’t think it’s the best sounding. It certainly isn’t for my system and it wouldn’t surprise me if that was true in a Lumin environment as well.