What exactly is ROON?

@tonyptony

If I remember correctly in ROON. You can play and artist track and then it will continue to play "like" tracks. I think most of the interfaces have a "artist radio" functionality that achieves this?  Also very easy to kick off Genre radio. Just took me 2 clicks to fire up Jazz genre stream. 

@jbuhl 

But can you go to your own music, select a Genre, and then play Random by either Album or Artist?

I use Roon for playback in concert with a Linn Akurate DSM/3. The core is installed on a Mac Mini M1 that is used solely for this purpose. It allows me to access Qobuz, streaming radio and the music files stored on an SSD. I do a lot more streaming than playing my vinyl rig, and Roon's interface is easy to use and actually leads me into some very interesting musical territory. The playlists that it creates gather music from my files and Qobuz. It's like a really good non-commercial radio station.