07-Aug-2015, 22:17
ROON is impressive and the integration of TIDAL is awesome! So I definitely would love to use ROON as my standard player. However, even if the SQ on AIR/wifi/ethernet is pretty, no: really good (somewhat better than USB – in my case), JRiver MC20 does a bit better. A bit more detailed, a bit more open, a bit more precise. I listened to a whole variety of different music and the result was always the same: JRiver outperforms ROON quite clearly.
In both players I use « Devialet AIR » as speakers, both tell me that I am in WASAPI mode, exclusive, bit perfect. My music files are on a standard NAS, controlled by a win 8.1 laptop.
Somebody has an idea how I can raise ROON SQ to JRiver level?
P.S.: Just in the moment I am listening to one of ROON's/TIDALS's terrific playlists!
In both players I use « Devialet AIR » as speakers, both tell me that I am in WASAPI mode, exclusive, bit perfect. My music files are on a standard NAS, controlled by a win 8.1 laptop.
Somebody has an idea how I can raise ROON SQ to JRiver level?
P.S.: Just in the moment I am listening to one of ROON's/TIDALS's terrific playlists!
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