19-Oct-2016, 14:51
(This post was last modified: 19-Oct-2016, 14:54 by Hifi_swlon.)
(19-Oct-2016, 14:26)mdconnelly Wrote: 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).
I could have written that post myself (well, apart from the squeezelite bit).
The last part made me laugh. Well, theyve given themselves what, at least eight months to bring it in on time. They said they made the pro range in less time than that, so I can't see how they could fail. Other than the fact that it is part software (which they're rubbish at) and just the mere fact that they appear incapable of sticking to any dates they needlessly make public.
Luckily we know they have fallback options - and could simply get an existing card altered to fit the experts. In a way it might be better for all of us if they struggle with their plan A, and go for the fallback.
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