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My tests involved local DSD files and streaming from 24-bit Qobuz files. Roon also uses ASIO protocol, as I can see it in the Signal Path map

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My DAC is an Exogal Comet Plus I have selected the ASIO protocol because it was the only one that was available to the XMOS USB 2.0 ST 301C driver that Exogal uses I am not really happy about this because I have pretty much gotten used to Roon and love the integration. The difference I am hearing is more than the difference I heard when comparing Tidal to Qobuz (Qobuz sounds better cleaner more incisive, more 'direct' sound) Ĭomparing Roon to Audirvana There is more dynamic contrast with Audirvana Roon sounds flatter and less engaging when doing back and forth using same tracks With Aud, vocals have more 'vibrancy' and focus overall sound has more life to it If I didn't do the back and forth I would not have believed this. Through my headphones I can clearly hear that Audirvana is superior to Roon.

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I recently installed Audirvana on my Win 10 Pro PC (also has Roon) to test the SQ differences. I will say, I think the Roon audio quality has improved over the last year, although I have not tried any direct comparison. When I do more dedicated listening in my main system, I still use Audirvana. Surprisingly the Radio is excellent feature I did not realize I would enjoy as much as I do. A year later, I now essentially use Roon most of the time, because of the interface and convenience of remote controls for all zones. A+ works, but library and Tidal are still somewhat separated in their own boxes.Īfter several months, all the extra features of Roon compelled me to purchase Roon. Roon also integrated my personal library very well with Tidal. I don't own an iPhone or iPad so I couldn't sit back and control A+ without stealing one of my wife's Apple devices. With Roon it seemed like I could control all my networked systems with a ton of different devices in the house versus A+ which I could not.

I was very disappointed because I love the Roon interface, multi-device capabilities, artist & album info, etc. Roon sounded somewhat flat, lacking atmosphere and depth in comparison. A+ had better detail and body to the sound. On sound quality, I preferred A+ over Roon.

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I decided to audition Roon in early 2018 (not sure what version) with the free trial, mainly because of the multi-room, multi-device capabilities.

On both counts, the move to A+ was clearly superior to iTunes. Most important to me is sound quality and reliability. I have been using Audirvana Plus for several years and Roon for almost a year. Late to the party, but I'll add my comments. Roon works this way but they don’t suggest it in there Knowledgebase. Anyhow, just wondering if some who are saying Roon is inferior may be deploying the core and player on one single device which is connected to the DAC. I believe this is to isolate the audio rig including DAC and player from noise generated by the hardware the core is running on, but I’m not totally sure on the reasoning behind this. The core is supposed to be connected via Ethernet for maximum SQ.

Not sure this is proven to have an effect though.įinally, for those saying Roon doesn’t sound quite as good as Audirvana or others, Roon’s Knowledge base indicates that to maximize sound quality, the Roon “core” must be physically separated from the hardware running the player that is connected to the DAC.

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On another note, my Mac storage is hybrid solid state and mechanical, which in theory is not supposed to be as good as pure solid state due to added noise on the USB line as well as emitted noise. I am using a Mac Mini, “headless” without a keyboard mouse or display and connected directly to my DAC via USB. Can I ask what you have Audirvana running on? Mahler123, you mentioned you don’t want to use a PC.

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