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In Reply to: RE: Roon 1.1 Released posted by Mercman on August 27, 2015 at 05:24:32
Steve, just my opinion, but I think Roon has a big uphill battle.
NO knock on the concept, and the quality. The guys behind it are the real deal.
But I think they stepped in it with the pricing and the lack of compatibility with anything beyond a computer...so far.
I would be interested in their server product and the iOS control point. But if the server hogs tons of resources it will be DOA. MiniMserver is literally a blip.
Are you optimistic?
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I don't think that resources will be an issue, but the acceptance by hardware manufacturers will tell us if there is a future for this.
The Roon guys are relatively young and smart, so I think they have a good chance at succeeding. But the product will probably be quite different in 5 years than it is today-if they last.
5 years!! You are really optimistic!
Well as far as manufacturers, they have integrated tidal, spotify, pandora and other premium services,so no reason not to jump on board Roon.
I just think nobody is going to pay.
Yes, I think I agree with your conclusion. Roon may justifiably be considered the bees knees but for me ( and I suspect many potential customers) it just offers more stuff than I would ever need. All those artist biographies etc. That stuff has no real value for me especially as I have other resources to provide it. Thus I have to consider the pricing to be too high. Still I may be wrong given hands on experience.
I note that they show dCS as one of their technology supporters. The new dCS Rossini DAC is also a streamer with a control app running on an i-pad. I wonder if that might be related to Roon? I guess I'll find out over the next weeks as the DAC becomes available.
Yes, all the extra information they want to provide is superfluous. Especially for someone like me who is a music geek.
I detect more than a bit of arrogance in the way the product was rolled out. As I said before, no knock on the concept, and I am sure it is a good product, but the way the trial period works and the pricing makes it DOA.
I wish them the best but to survive they are going have to torch their current business plan or it is adios.
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