22-Feb-2018, 14:16
(22-Feb-2018, 09:35)Womaz Wrote: I will see how things turn out as I originally bought the Melco to get the laptop out of the chain. Now i am doing a bit of a U turn I guess. Also I actually think the playback via the Melco just has a but better SQ, the bass is definitely better to my ears. I guess i should not be that surprised at this as the Melco did bring improvements over Air when I think back as I was pleasantly surprised at the time......its sold as being a HD optimised for music playback after all
Roon is excellent though and I think it could be one of those bloody things you cant give up once you have had it
Ah, that old age conundrum of sound quality or convenience.
Vinyl or CD?
Analogue or digital?
Tea leaves or teabags?!!!
Well, here is something else to consider and I apologise now for any inaccuracy as I do not use Roon.
Roon enables the use of DSP for tailoring your sound. It can raise or lower bass and or treble or any frequency if desired. It can also be used as a form of room correction.
Roon also has the ability to upsample which some people profess to improving SQ.
I believe HQP player can also work with Roon, and this software is also reported as a improver of SQ.
And finally, Roon can run on very small form, ultra quiet PCs (eg. Sonore rendu) in a headless mode (I.e. without need of a UI/screen) with control via the Roon remote app on an IOS device. It can even run on powerful NASs.
So you could have Roon and SQ.
Oh, and the Melco could go some way to financing the change of hardware/software.
