I also was Roon tested several years ago and found it not worthwhile. Several years of buggy metadata and erratic organizing with NativVita, not to mention the company going belly up made me reconsider when looking at alternative hard drive based devices. A couple of sales staff recommended Roon as a platform based on my input (even though steering me away from their products- shout out to Fred’s Sound of Music and Stereotypes in PDX). Importing CD’s into a Roon Nucleus has been by far the least painless experience of this task to date. Their integration of Qobuz is also a pleasure as is Roon’s ability to inhabit Roon tested/ready devices. Basically it took years of suboptimal experiences with computer/hard drive audio me to become Roon ready
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