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Posts: 871
Location: New Orleans
Joined: January 20, 2002
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Since: October 29, 2006
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Okay, sorry if I came off sounding like your high school teacher. It's just that I've seen too many discussions start with a valid question like yours and quickly degrade into bickering and name calling. The pat response is "just don't read it" but that's simplistic - I want to engage in a meaningful dialog but then all this horses**t gets in the way. I don't want to change the channel. People should act like adults. You are curious as to Abe's opinion. I get that; he is apparently a knowledgeable and experienced listener who has access to both platforms. I'd say the same about dozens of people in the Roon community, and they are divided. Some say they hear a difference between Roon and QC; many others say that it is scientifically impossible for there to be any difference if both are bit perfect as they claim. There seems to be no middle ground. As to whether QC will poach subscribers from Roon, I think it's too early to say. I've been using Roon for ten years; QC hasn't been around long enough to build a track record. My point was that Roon has never claimed to be about sound quality. Roon claims to pass a bit perfect signal to your streamer, no more. The major complaint against Roon seems to be that it costs $12.50/mo., and some people don't see the value of anything that isn't free. Ironically, many of those same people will not hesitate to pay hundreds of $$ for a power cable or a fuse. If you've tried Roon and don't like it, I won't argue with that. But if you can't stomach $0.42 per day, you are probably in the wrong hobby. As long as QC is free to subscribers, it will have support. Final point: you wrote "Nothing to do with Roon developers claims of superior sound.". As I wrote earlier, there are no such claims.
. . . in theory, practice and theory are the same; in practice, they are different . . .
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