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Has anyone used the new Innuos 2.0 Sense music app? Compared it to Roon?

I compared the two as I am a lifetime Roon customer.  I prefer the sound of the new Innuos Sense music app.  More natural and less electronic or digital sounding.  Not day and night, but better. My big issue is Innuos Sense does not seem to keep playing music, like Roon, when the album is complete.  Roon had a Radio switch that played artists similar to the artist as a continuous stream and I loved it.  Heard many new artists I loved this way.  
Anyone know if Innuos Sense has a similar setting? I can’t seem to find it. 
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oldears
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I replaced my old Motorola surfboard modem/router with a Netgear Nighthawk on Sunday. This resolved the instabilty with the Sense app.Today I updated my older Zen Mini mk II to 2.0.5. No problems.The Sense app finds whichever server I have in the system.
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ja_kub_sz
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How does it sound? Is v2.0 that good?

I'm still kicking around the old version trying to sort out my preamplifier problems.
oldears
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Yes, 2.0 is better than 1.4.9. (I can't comment on Roon.)  It's a little difficult to quantify since I had to run it with the PC on until I replaced my router, and you can't go back to verify. However, what's easy to judge is the jump in SQ with the "offline" mode, since you can toggle it back and forth and listen to the same music. The total effect of going to 2.0 and offline is startling: lower noise floor, much improved fine detail and impact on transients, but with a more "relaxed" sound... voices are "breathier", more real across the board.

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grannyring OP
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Yes, offline is so much better.  Need for Innuos to get online streaming to sound as good as offline ripped CDs etc…
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oldschool1948
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I have a Zenith MK2 connected to a Matrix X to a DirectStream DAC. While I hate to admit it, I've been asleep at the switch and just tried Sense today. I find Sense SQ smoother and more full bodied than Roon. I really like what I hear.  If the Tidal integration worked and Sense had a multiroom capability, I'd move to it.

I have both Tidal and Qobuz.  The Qobuz integration went without a hitch.  The Tidal integration not so much.  None of my playlists imported directly into Sense.  I can play them from Tidal, but in most cases the individual tracks are not there.  I get a " Playlist is currently empty" message.  That and the lack of a multiroom capability are non-starters for me.
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