A word on Roon: Amazing.

[miguelito]

A word of congrats to Roon and committing to work done right.

 

I want to celebrate here that they truly listen to their customers and produce truly amazing software - head and shoulders above all else in my opinion.

 

The particular reason for such praise is their new MQA implementation: They fought tooth and nail to get something that would live up to the Roon standards and finally they did. You might or might not like MQA - I am not advocating it at all. What I am pointing out is Roon's commitment to doing it in line with their design and not destroying user experience.

 

Quite amazing to see such a robust product.

 

Some power users might prefer JRiver for some use cases - in a few better than Roon's. That's very good software as well.

[BigAlMc]

+1

 

I'm still undecided on the whole MQA thing but I love the fact I can now see exactly which Tidal tracks are MQA vs CD. 

 

Seeing 96/24 light up on my Directstream DAC via USB for a track that up until now I assumed was CD res also brought a big smile to my face 

 

Cheers, 

Alan 

[Kilauea50]

I am absolutely loving it.  They did a really nice job on this release

[arglebargle]

I couldn’t be happier with this update. As an HQPlayer devotee I was honestly expecting nothing,  and what was given is significantly more useful to me than nothing.  I agree @miguelito, whether MQA on Tidal will supplant local files (or even Tidal redbook) is not really material to my feelings about the update...the fact that I changed literally nothing in an esoteric setup with many moving parts, turned on Roon and was unfolding MQA is truly impressive. I like the changes to album versions, so far. Some of grumblIng on the forums (especially about favouring Tidal MQA over redbook) but I dunno, some grooming and fine tuning is always required...for now! Roonies will crack that eventually too ?

 

The simple ability to identify MQA at a glance ought to please both camps. Seek or avoid as is your inclination. 

[miguelito]

My point is less about MQA and more about the exemplary execution and patience to do a complex thing (technical and licensing wise) right. Kudos to the Roon team!

[austinpop]

Agreed!

[maxijazz]

Roon is good, but their IOS control point gets killed (closes unexpectedly) or freezes much too often.

Also iPhone control point could have more (all) options/GUI features (be on par with iPad/computer). iPhone Plus have big hi-res screens, there is nothing, in my opinion, that prevents feature parity with iPad app. 

[daverich4]

4 hours ago, maxijazz said:

Roon is good, but their IOS control point gets killed (closes unexpectedly) or freezes much too often.

Also iPhone control point could have more (all) options/GUI features (be on par with iPad/computer). iPhone Plus have big hi-res screens, there is nothing, in my opinion, that prevents feature parity with iPad app. 

 

I’ve used Roon for almost a year now and I can’t think of a single time it’s crashed on my iPad. I do agree with you about the iPhone version though.