Necessity
of Roon?
December
11, 2020
Marc,
I’ve
been mostly listening to vinyl and XRCDs, which I love. I do stream as well use an
Aurender streamer/server. I only stream from the Aurender and no longer purchase/download
music. As such, I’m thinking I no longer have use for Roon. Unless I’m missing
something, Roon would only get populated with downloading -- purchases from, say, HD
Tracks or similar. Would Roon software benefit me in any way? I’m thinking to just
cancel it, since I’m really using only vinyl, CDs or streaming. I'm curious if you
agree. Maybe I’m not understanding, if I don’t see the value of what Roon would
do for me.
Sheldon
Simon
I was pretty sure I had the answer for you, and it's the answer you sort of have
for yourself: If you're mostly spinning discs and not playing files, Roon will be
superfluous for you. You won't need it to play your music; its main use will be as a
cataloging program, giving you access to all of your music in one place. However, it will
not be able to account for LPs or digital discs that you haven't ripped.
But,
just to be sure, I asked someone who knows Roon better than I do -- John Quick of dCS
America. His response echoes what I wrote above: "The power of Roon is that it
assimilates and presents multiple music libraries (from local storage and the streaming
services it works with -- Tidal and Qobuz) as one cohesive library."
Given
that you're also not streaming, Roon will be a luxury more than a necessity for you.
-Marc Mickelson
"Audio
studies"
December
1, 2020
Marc,
I
would definitely like to start receiving e-mail from this website, to aid in my audio
studies.
James
Tremblay
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