Not wishing to fan any flames but Roon does seem to require a lot of processing power to achieve its aim. I’m no coder but I’m told it’s bloated compared to others.
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I have tried some of them myself!
castalla
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In defence of Roon, in the event that I'm bored rigid during the forthcoming festivities and decide to wile away the hours by trying a Roon install, I have to say that the Roon faqs are pretty good and informative. I might just give the whole shebang a whirl, just to see what all the fuss is about.
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Roon does require more CPU power than LMS or a typical DLNA/UPnP system. Current recommendation is an 11th generation Core i3 with 4GB for medium size libraries, or an 11th gen core i7 + 8GB for large libraries (12k+ Albums) or heavy DSP. Having said that, I've been running Roon server for a couple of years as Docker image on my Synology NAS 220+ powered by a mere Intel Celeron J4025.
It does require a lot of processing power to achieve its aims, as its aims are ambitious compared to others. Personally, I cannot understand these ridiculous debates and one upmanship. We should just be thankful we have a diverse range of products to choose from and are free to make our own choices based on our own user needs and budgets. The only issue is when there are inaccuracies or misunderstandings that should be corrected. Roon needs a reasonably configured computer and home network to run well, but you do not need to spend thousands of dollars to achieve this, as is implied by some of the comments. I use an old desktop that I have no other use for. The technical requirements are made abundantly clear in all the information provided by Roon itself.
You can also use an Intel NUC to run the Roon server as a standalone device:
https://help.roonlabs.com/portal/en...#So_what_is_Roon_Optimized_Core_Kit_ROCK_then
They can be had for as little as $300 USD. A fanless NUC is also used for Roon's Nucleus servers that they sell for $1500 - 4000. In addition to managing the library / database, streaming the content over ethernet using their hi-rez RAAT protocol there's also a DSP engine for fine tuning your listening environment and the ability to support multiple simultaneous end points. Roon server runs a lightweight Linux implementation. My guess is that even a very robust Raspi would be challenged to support all of these functions well and at the least would need storage options beyond a typical SD card.
castalla
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'these ridiculous debates and one upmanship.'
Can't we have a little light hearted discussion? Or is it all about the 0s and 1s?
Can't we have a little light hearted discussion? Or is it all about the 0s and 1s?
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Roon is built on the Mono platform. If you know what that is, you'll understand the underlying requirements (and other quirks about Roon as well).
You could also live on a desert island
What about the luxury river cruise down the Rhine?
castalla
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Desert islands are over-rated as destinations.
I think waltzing along the blue Danube might be preferable, on reflection.
castalla
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Good morning to all you Rooners!
So, afflicted by my recurrent insomnia, I thought what the heck, give it a go. A few hours later, I finally got a jury-rigged Roon core and Roon remote up and running. Setting it up was a bit hit'n'miss (avoiding the online manuals, of course, in favour of the old click and see what happens approach) .
I tested it with a variety of endpoints including chromecast, sonos, Roon Ready and squeezeboxes - quite impressed by how all these are handled. The sound quality was very good with both local music files, Tidal and Internet radio. The music/artist info is impressive but I'm not sure how much I'd actually use it.
What I found less pleasing was the over-fussy screen displays with too many items and categories sort of jostling for space - I definitely didn't like the larger Main titling font (Times Roman?) which clashed with the smaller sans serif font for all the other items on the screen.
Overall, it's sort of what I expected but not quite as polished as its reputation among Rooners had led me to expect. Of course, in such a short time, I'm sure I've missed some features, etc. Given I'm well established and familiar with LMS, I doubt I'd be prepared to jump ship given the cost of a ticket to do so.
It was an interesting exercise and at least I did scratch that itch.
So, afflicted by my recurrent insomnia, I thought what the heck, give it a go. A few hours later, I finally got a jury-rigged Roon core and Roon remote up and running. Setting it up was a bit hit'n'miss (avoiding the online manuals, of course, in favour of the old click and see what happens approach) .
I tested it with a variety of endpoints including chromecast, sonos, Roon Ready and squeezeboxes - quite impressed by how all these are handled. The sound quality was very good with both local music files, Tidal and Internet radio. The music/artist info is impressive but I'm not sure how much I'd actually use it.
What I found less pleasing was the over-fussy screen displays with too many items and categories sort of jostling for space - I definitely didn't like the larger Main titling font (Times Roman?) which clashed with the smaller sans serif font for all the other items on the screen.
Overall, it's sort of what I expected but not quite as polished as its reputation among Rooners had led me to expect. Of course, in such a short time, I'm sure I've missed some features, etc. Given I'm well established and familiar with LMS, I doubt I'd be prepared to jump ship given the cost of a ticket to do so.
It was an interesting exercise and at least I did scratch that itch.
