19-Oct-2016, 14:26
I first tried the Roon trial about a year ago (after having been into the Squeezebox world since almost the beginning). Now, I can't imagine streaming without Roon. Jumped for the lifetime license. I use it mostly with my microRendu to my Expert. Doing so with the microRendu as the RoonReady endpoint sounds best. But I can also easily switch the microRendu to a Squeezelite endpoint which then let's me group my Devialet with other Squeezebox endpoints in my house for whole-house playback. Works great. I love the Roon product as well as the company. And in my book, they are the new benchmark in customer support. Devialet could learn much from them.
Personally, I think being RoonReady would sell more Experts and Pro upgrades if committed to on the new streaming board. Certainly it offers far more than Spark will. But waiting to see RoonReady adopted on a yet to be defined new Devialet streaming board that will only work on the new Pros to be released sometime next year is just way too big a leap for me to place any hope on. Time will tell (and likely, far more than we'll have patience for).
Personally, I think being RoonReady would sell more Experts and Pro upgrades if committed to on the new streaming board. Certainly it offers far more than Spark will. But waiting to see RoonReady adopted on a yet to be defined new Devialet streaming board that will only work on the new Pros to be released sometime next year is just way too big a leap for me to place any hope on. Time will tell (and likely, far more than we'll have patience for).
Devialet 440 Pro (two 220s)- Oracle CD transport - Kuzma Stabi S/Stogi S turntable - Von Schweikert VR-35 speakers - JPS SC3 SCs - PI Audio power conditioning -
Triode Wire Labs ICs and PCs - Roon on NUC 8i7beh running ROCK
Triode Wire Labs ICs and PCs - Roon on NUC 8i7beh running ROCK
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