20-Jul-2017, 11:43
(20-Jul-2017, 11:07)Devialetuser Wrote: I don't understand why anyone would want/pay to run Roon with Melco. Just download the free Kazoo software from Linn, works perfectly with Melco. Come on guys are we supposed to pay $500 for metadata? Roon sounds like a good idea when you are directly feeding your DAC, the upsampling and other features inside Roon can then be taken advantage of. I am not even going to bother with the 3 month trial...with my Melco/Sms-200 setup all i need is the Kazoo software.
I do largely agree. I'm actually quite happy with Kazoo/Kinsky/Lumin though I can see why people would prefer a flashier interface. I don't really find Roon any faster either. The major speed factor for me is that on my older iPad (1GB memory) I play tracks and then surf the web looking at something else, which inevitably means IOS (the process reaper) goes and kills Kinsky/Kazoo/Lumin/Roon Remote running in the background anyway because Safari tabs take up loads of memory, so restarting the control point app usually takes a good 5-10 seconds or so, whatever the app.
I tend to power the Melco off when I'm not using it (the N1A isn't totally silent so can be a bit annoying) and as a result of startup time - usually Twonky taking a while to rescan (grr) I tend to prefer to use Lumin nowadays because it keeps an index of tracks and can play tracks virtually straight after Melco power up.
That Twonky startup scan can be avoided if you have access to the Twonky startup command, but that's not accessible on Melco and I've not managed to hack into it (yet).