Which sounds best? Roon RAAT or Roon Integrated AIR

[douglas]

  When I downloaded the firmware, I listened for a while with AIR and I was blown away by the sound. Then I jumped onto the Roon bandwagon, and immediately heard a wider and higher soundstage, I mean who does not like a wider soundstage, but I just could not listen for long periods, and the music was simply not involving.  There was a slight sheen in the mids that was not natural. I actually thought something else was going on, like poor electricity. 

After about 3 days I switched back to AIR and immediate the magic was back, my foot started tapping, it was uncanny. The soundstage was narrower, and lower, but deeper and more layered.  The presentation was far more natural via AIR and the bass was also more detailed and defined. I won't switch back to Roon Ready unless there's an update.

My Strads don't lie 

I think you missed NickB's point. This is a survey thread and the response count shows 0 people prefer AIR. You're saying you prefer AIR but your response isn't going to be counted unless you actually vote and get included in the count.

There's no point in posting an opinion in a thread like this unless you also vote. If you don't vote, a lot of people are simply going to look at the count of responses and see a large number preferring RAAT,  a lot saying they hear no difference or aren't certain, some saying they can't be bothered making the comparison, and no one saying they prefer AIR.

Register your preference in the count by voting. Many people find seeing the numerical summary helpful. Then you will no longer be in a minority of 0 because without your vote the summary indicates that no one prefers AIR.

I see there's one vote now, happy!. Be cool. It was a quick response based on prior comments.