If I was to go back to a dedicated server (which I’m not), the best software and sound came from the Auralic Lightning DS, Lumin, and then Aurender. The best software on your own hardware is Roon, Audirvana, Pure Music.
Not only does Roon sound the best, the user interface is a joy to use, very easy to integrate your ripped music with your streaming music, and I have found hundreds of new music because of Roon with its “if you like this artist, you will probably like these artists”. I have hundreds of thousands tracks of music and can navigate thru these with ease
To ROON or not to ROON ?
I have read a lot about upgrades from a blue sound vault of which I have. I have considered the rose, aurender, among others. The first question I have is Roon worth having ? I am a qobuz subscriber and wonder if Roon will make a substantial difference. As far as I know Aurender does not support Roon. Anyone with Room experience ?
THX for the feedback