Roon WiiM Pro is now Roon Ready

[D1N0]

Roon ready.. yet another audio thing I have to learn!

For just $150 a year you can (oh well there is a free trial) I think it is a lot for a service that relies on you for content and just presents it differently.

 

[D1N0]

Straw man fallacy

 

[canard]

not for the wiim mini?

 

[Mr Ee]

not for the wiim mini?

No, not for the mini.
Essentially, too few resources in the mini.
It is only mini, after all...

Edit - I'm sure the usual suspects can point you to a thread where this was discussed to death!

 

[canard]

exact...
I had forgotten, and had remained on the fact that a possible peq in the mini had been very limited for these reasons..
forget my question...
(will be able, I hope, to resume the path of the improvement of the wiim home "house" which concerns the greatest number..)

 

[Willx]

I bought one earlier this year on the promise of it being Roon Ready, and have already ordered another one now that Roon Ready is imminent.

 

[canard]

I bought one earlier this year on the promise of it being Roon Ready, and have already ordered another one now that Roon Ready is imminent.

in your place I would have waited all the same..
hihi
(especially since it seemed that a revision of the pro is said, in the pipes ... but hey it can be long very long "pipes")
it's funny " human nature"
...

 

[WiiM Team]

Hi, for those who are interested in trying out Roon before the official release date, we can whitelist your device to receive the firmware. Just fill out this form. We know many have been waiting for this for a while, so we wanted to give you early access.

 

[PietB51]

Hi, for those who are interested in trying out Roon before the official release date, we can whitelist your device to receive the firmware. Just fill out this form. We know many have been waiting for this for a while, so we wanted to give you early access.

Nice, I filled out this form for early access

 

[foviedo]

https://roon.app/en/partners/186/wiim
Official Roon web page

 

[Manny]

Hi everyone,

We have great news to share with you all. As of today, WiiM Pro is Roon Ready certified. Now we are currently preparing the firmware and will be releasing the Roon Ready update to all WiiM Pro owners by 6/30. We'll make a formal announcement in all our channels when the firmware is released on 6/30. We really appreciate your patience throughout the certification process. We want to give you all a heads-up since you have eagerly awaited this update.

Great news- thank you.

 

[mcvince79]

Hello,

I've made the activation request, but still nothing has been activated? How long does it take? Thank you in advance.

Mcvince

 

[PietB51]

Hello,

I've made the activation request, but still nothing has been activated? How long does it take? Thank you in advance.

Mcvince

#Metoo

 

[canard]

Post in thread 'Roon Ready' https://wiim.community.forum/threads/roon-ready.491/post-12833

 

[steadyshot]

What can I do with roon? Why is it better to have roon than plain steaming with WiiM ?

 

[Mr Ee]

What can I do with roon? Why is it better to have roon than plain steaming with WiiM ?

Fishing, or serious...?

 

[steadyshot]

Fishing, or serious...?

Never bothered to search what it is really! If it is for music stored on a drive I don’t care …

 

[Brantome]

Roon integrates Qobuz and Tidal. AFAIK Amazon not yet.

It’s unlikely to support Amazon Music or for that matter Apple Music as, from my take on it, they require daily catalogue updates from the music service and seem to put the onus (from what I’ve read in their forums) on those services to provide those, and for the Roon user base to push Amazon/Apple to accommodate Roon. Amazon and Apple are likely asking themselves who “this little upstart Roon“ is and what’s in it for them (Amazon/Apple I mean).

Tidal and Qobuz on the other hand likely wanted and needed the “audiophile” market so were happy to play along.

 

[d6jg]

I thought a while wether to write this or not, because I am aware there are other legitime meanings. Most of the contras are about pricing. But, welcome in real life, there are more and more people who will and can afford. Only a few ideas, quite sure I can find even more.

Maybe it reads like pure advertising, but I am absolutely convinced with the product and was with it from the very first moment. And nearly 100% of the contras come from people who never tried.

So, for me

• Roon is the best software. One player only for all the stuff. The company concentrate only on this. But this they do near to perfect.
• Before Roon every streaming item has to have a dedicated developed or shared software. Like HEOS or Bluesound. With Roon that changed. RR devices can change and the software remains. More and more manufactures faced that. It would be more and more difficult to advertise a hardware not RR. WiiM is an example.
• Settings with all your connected gear can be made by Roon or by you. Mostly Roon will do better. If there exists a really "audiophile" software, Roon is. So many switches to switch and so many boxes to tick.
• The multiroom integration is perfect.
• Roon makes the administration of your music as easy as possible. Ripping f.e. is easy with other software too. But no tagging by hand with all the related pain in the a.. Tell the software where to archive your music and leave the remaining work with it.
• Roon "knows" more about music than other algorithms. And quite sure the most of us. No need to grab information. The recommendations for new listening experience are outstanding. If I get recommendations from the streaming services after listening to Mozart 40 they recommend Mozart 39. Not very sophisticated.
• Roon is stable and reliant. No more "no device found".
• Room cares and helps with room acoustics. DSP, if wanted, made easy. Roon knows the most speakers and headphones and is able to find decent settings.
• Roon integrates Qobuz and Tidal. AFAIK Amazon not yet.
• If you want DSD, Roon can handle.

So, crucify me. But I will stay a diehard supporter. The Nucleus was my best purchase a few years ago.

All of this is true but the same can almost be said for LMS which costs absolutely nothing.
In reality these days there isn't very much that Roon does that LMS doesn't. Yes its more difficult to set up but you can't ever get left with a broken Nucleus device that cost silly money to buy in the first place.

 

[d6jg]

@d6jg
We had that already. For me all this is worth the money. And the only part of a Nucleus I can imagine to break is the harddisc, what means a few Euro.

Agreed.
I'm simply giving notice that there is an alternative (cheaper) option that does much the same if people are interested AND have the time inclination and skills to do it.