To ROON or not to ROON ?

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

I was a late adopter of Roon, but I would not go back at this point.  Having said that, if the only digital source you have is Qobuz and you only listen on one system, then perhaps Roon isn't for you. 

If you have multiple sources, then Roon is fantastic.  I have Qobuz, Tidal, and a large collection of music on my network and 4 systems.  Roon allows me to bring all the versions of a song or album into one interface and makes it easy for me to choose which system(s) to play it on.  It's also great about making suggestions for new music I should try.  The Qobuz interface is pretty good, but Roon will take things to another level even if that's your only source of digital music.

WOW THANKS FOR ALL THE GRT RESPONSES. I THINK I'LL TRY ROON AND SEE IF I LIKE IT. IF IT BLOWS ME AWAY GUESS I'LL HAVE TO STAY AWAY FROM AURENDER. I DID TRY AN AURALIC WITH A BUILT IN DAC IN THE PAST AND HAD TROUBLE WITH IT WORKING CORRECTLY AND RETURNED IT ASAP. SINCE THEN I PURCHASED A PONTUS 2 AND HAVE ENJOYED THE SOUND. 

THX AGAIN 

Roon the software is good if you like that sort of interface. The Roon Nucleus streamer on the other hand is way over priced. IMO

I will say, excellent thread. Bringing out differences in values between the folks posting and different perspectives on external software or not. Minus the egos and hostility… outstanding. 

It would be great if all threads were like this. Everybody learns something.