In Reply to: RE: Are CD Players Even Relevant Anymore? posted by PAR on September 11, 2016 at 04:18:04:
I initially thought of Roon as just an 'aggregator' of metadata to enhance your own music library along with Tidal integration. It is much more than that.I do not subscribe to Tidal but I find Roon to be very rich with metadata for my own library that resides on the Mac Mini. I also like the fact that I can quickly and very intuitively navigate my library using the Roon app on my iPad.
I am also able to 'redirect' where the music is to play. For example, I have the Mac Mini in my office directly attached to my DAC so I tell Roon to play through the DAC in my office. If I decide to go down to the basement, I can use the Roon App on the iPad to tell Roon to play to my Sonore microRendu network streamer. Or, I can have it play to the AppleTV box in our family room or the one in the bedroom.
I have very little experience with Classical music so I can't help describe how Roon handles that genre.
There's a lot more to Roon and the best place to come up to speed on it is on their website, or better yet just download it and play with it.
Roon album art view
This is the Mac Mini and DAC in my office. If I want to control my listening setup while in the basement I just take the iPad with me and I can play the music files from Mac Mini in my office and have it stream to the networked microRendu streamer in the basement. The iPad acts as the controller and navigation interface to the music library.Sonore microRendu network music streamer in the basement system
Edits: 09/11/16
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