Performance of different streaming solutions

[Delija]

My problem is the fact that UPnP sounds better to me when used with local music collection. It has somewhat better dynamics, transparency, resolution. With Roon - sound is sligtly "rounded" and smoothed out. The difference is subtle, so all other very good aspects of Roon will prevail for many.

And that's not just my opinion - I have a number of friends who share my opinion with various devices: Esoteric, Lumin, Linn...

I've used Roon and UPnP in parallel for about three months and than went back to UPnP. Now I'm thinking again about the Roon - since I want to slowly introduce my better half into Hi-Fi and Roon seems to be perfect for that.


Note: When I say UPnP, I'm talking about CI and internal UPnP renderer. As server and controller I use MinimServer (and BubbleUPnP server for Tidal/Qobuz transcoding to WAV) and BubbleUPnP Android app.