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| Why would I need Roon? OP - I think you're feeling of frustration that some people have with Roon. You don't just use it - there are many steps to get it right. Some say it is worth it some say it isn't. The raspberry pi solution is a pretty cheap ($50) and easy way ... | |
| Why would I need Roon? OP - I believe you can run Roon on your PC and then use the Node2i as the endpoint. That way the PC does all the work but the endpoint is away from the noise of the PC so it should sound better (in theory, according to Roon). I use a Raspberry P... | |
| Why would I need Roon? @djones51 - Why not send it to a Raspberry Pi? You're already using a Roon Bridge to play Roon. How is that different? | |
| Why would I need Roon? I'd happily go back to Roon if someone could tell me how to make it sound as good as Audirvana and the Bluesound Node. Both sound much better. And that's what's most important to me. | |
| Why would I need Roon? I trial'd Roon and Audirvana. No doubt Roon has an awesome GUI and some good features. However, I never liked the sound despite moving everything over to a Raspberry Pi and tweaking all of the settings. Audirvana just sounds good, no tweaks nec... | |
| Educate me on music streamers, please. Just received and set up the Node 2i. So far, love it! It's great having everything in one place, the interface isn't bad and it sounds pretty good to me. Especially happy that it streams Deezer since I couldn't send their stream to my Raspberr... | |
| Educate me on music streamers, please. @philjolet - was it Deezer HiFi (16-bit 1,411 kbps)? Spotify only goes to 320. | |
| Educate me on music streamers, please. @edicionretro Thanks for that info! The only thing I don't like about Tidal and Qobuz is that neither (as far as I can tell) has a good way of making a custom channel based on several artists or a playlist. Deezer seems to be the best at this... | |
| Educate me on music streamers, please. @crn3371 - I have been able to stream Audirvana to the Raspberry Pi without issue (DLNA). With regard to Audirvana vs. Roon, I like the sound much better with Audirvana. I just don't like Roon's sound at all. I will, however, use Roon because t... | |
| Educate me on music streamers, please. Well, based on all of the great info and @veroguys comprehensive post, I took the plunge with the Node 2i. I like all of its features and, especially, that it can be modded/upgraded. Should have it tomorrow! | |
| Educate me on music streamers, please. @veroguy - that is some awesome information! Very helpful. What made you go with the DCS Network Bridge? | |
| Step-up from Node2i for native AmazonHD streaming? Following this thread..... | |
| Educate me on music streamers, please. @djones51 - I am currently using a Raspberry Pi4 with RopieeeXL for Roon. I've watched the Darko videos and done a little more research. Although I don't think a streamer is a must-have because I'm making do with the Pi and Chromecast presently,... | |
| Educate me on music streamers, please. @jjss49 thanks will check out darko.@crn3371 that's the thing I dislike- one more thing to worry about affecting the sound. @wsrrsw I'm thinking under a $1k if I get one. I don't really need the DAC. I have an Ayre Codex that works fine. | |
| $1000 bookshelf speakers with "recessed", "laid back" or "flat" mid-range? Where can Vienna Acoustics be purchased online? |