Alternative to Roon....

[Jeromeof]

Darko's latest video is a good introduction to using PlexAmp as an alternative to Roon:

Somehow he managed to get Roon to sponsor this video also

 

[Petrushka]

I will be cast into outer darkness for saying this, but prior to the meltdown, Sonos had a search that included all your subscriptions, and you could build playlists cafeteria style from any combination of streaming and local files.

 

[terryforsythe]

I keep it simple. I use Tidal Connect to stream Tidal, and I use LMS to stream music stored on my NAS.

 

[ahofer]

Just FYI, Idagio is the best for classical now adays

Hard agree. I wish Roon would integrate it, and offer its suggestions/radio feature. Leaps and bounds ahead, with really interesting suggestions. Roon just devolves to Mahler, Hans Zimmer, or Serialists, regardless of starting point. I’ve seen it go from Haydn to Frank Bridge in less than two steps.

 

[ObjectiveSubjectivist]

Logitech media server.
Endpoint could be done wirh rpi and picore player software

 

[Keith_W]

Just FYI, Idagio is the best for classical now adays. It's entirely tailored for classical. A lot better than Roon's implementation. Apple music classical is pretty good, but is missing some cool features. My favorite new feature on idagio lets you select a work (from a currently rather small list), and let's you listen to it, instantly switching from one interpretation to another, while maintaining your place. It's incredible. You can find a section you particularly love, and very quickly and easily audition several interpretations of just that section.

There is no way to control Idagio remotely. When I cancelled my subscription a year ago, I told them that all they need to do is get their Android app to talk to the desktop app. They said they would put it on their "to-do" list.

 

[Petrushka]

There is no way to control Idagio remotely. When I cancelled my subscription a year ago, I told them that all they need to do is get their Android app to talk to the desktop app. They said they would put it on their "to-do" list.

It seem to be integrated into Sonos, assuming Sonos works.

In case anyone here wonders why Sonos was ever popular.

 

[Pep2020]

I've subscribed to Allmusic and it works out as just over £9 per year in the UK. It does already have a very rudimentary integration with Amazon Music and Spotify. So if I launch the Amazon Music app and pre-connect to my Wiim Pro Plus. Then into the allmusic site to browse music. You can then click-through to either Amazon or Spotify apps automatically to play the music artist you have found in allmusic. Which plays on the Wiim as it is pre-connected. As I said VERY rudimentary but cheaper than Roon

 

[Raxumit]

. Roon just devolves to Mahler, Hans Zimmer, or Serialists, regardless of starting point. I’ve seen it go from Haydn to Frank Bridge in less than two steps.

In pop music, I call this the Radiohead Effect, where everything I listen to is seemingly two degrees of separation from Radiohead according to the Great Algorithm.

 

[yewneek]

In pop music, I call this the Radiohead Effect, where everything I listen to is seemingly two degrees of separation from Radiohead according to the Great Algorithm.

One degree...I went to school with Jonny and Colin, primary school. Jonny was a pretty good violinist in Ensemble...

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

I've subscribed to Allmusic and it works out as just over £9 per year in the UK. It does already have a very rudimentary integration with Amazon Music and Spotify. So if I launch the Amazon Music app and pre-connect to my Wiim Pro Plus. Then into the allmusic site to browse music. You can then click-through to either Amazon or Spotify apps automatically to play the music artist you have found in allmusic. Which plays on the Wiim as it is pre-connected. As I said VERY rudimentary but cheaper than Roon

With my Chrome plugin, you can play from Tidal, Qobuz or Deezer (assuming they all still work, I only use Tidal now) with a single click on an Allmusic album page to your WiiM. A bit simpler than Allmusic's method, and is my go-to my "Roon replacement".

 

[Pep2020]

With my Chrome plugin, you can play from Tidal, Qobuz or Deezer (assuming they all still work, I only use Tidal now) with a single click on an Allmusic album page to your WiiM. A bit simpler than Allmusic's method, and is my go-to my "Roon replacement".

How hard would it be to add Amazon Music? Also for this to work on Android presumably you'd need another chromium based based browser like Yandex/Kiwi?

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

How hard would it be to add Amazon Music? Also for this to work on Android presumably you'd need another chromium based based browser like Yandex/Kiwi?

Yes, it works on Kiwi. Amazon Music is impossible for mere mortals, sadly.

 

[Pep2020]

Yes, it works on Kiwi. Amazon Music is impossible for mere mortals, sadly.

Ok thanks. I assume Spotify is also difficult?

 

[Ralph_Cramden]

Ok thanks. I assume Spotify is also difficult?

Hundreds of Spotify Connect JavaScript projects on GitHub, so I assume it's possible. Spotify isn't integrated into WiiM, which is just a Spotify Connect target, so it would need to be very different than my Tidal, etc Allmusic integrations. As I don't use Spotify, I'm not planning to look into it.