I'm curious about what others find compelling about Roon.
I've used a Sonos Connect and the Sonos apps to play flac music ripped from CDs for over 10 years and due to COVID boredom I started looking at some new alternatives. I had a few DVD-Audio and SACD titles from years ago (and players that broke and I tossed) that I ripped so I picked up a Topping E30 DAC and attached it to an old mini-PC I had on hand. First I tried Volumio. I liked it so much, I bought it. It only seemed fair. Such a nice piece of software...
I've played with Kodi a bit... thinking about an open DVR solution because TiVo seems to be on the way out.
Then there is Roon. A subscription to listen to my own music? Honestly, WTF? I loaded it too. I'm listening through it now. I don't expect I'll pay for it.
It just seems crazy.
I've used a Sonos Connect and the Sonos apps to play flac music ripped from CDs for over 10 years and due to COVID boredom I started looking at some new alternatives. I had a few DVD-Audio and SACD titles from years ago (and players that broke and I tossed) that I ripped so I picked up a Topping E30 DAC and attached it to an old mini-PC I had on hand. First I tried Volumio. I liked it so much, I bought it. It only seemed fair. Such a nice piece of software...
I've played with Kodi a bit... thinking about an open DVR solution because TiVo seems to be on the way out.
Then there is Roon. A subscription to listen to my own music? Honestly, WTF? I loaded it too. I'm listening through it now. I don't expect I'll pay for it.
It just seems crazy.
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