In which case why did we ever buy Sooloos kit and not stick with Squeezeboxes or J River on our laptops? I always thought it was the Audio Quality. The clever design of the kit to reproduce high quality sound without the mush of the computer getting in the way. Is this suddenly not required?
I didn't buy a Sooloos Core (but was close to on a number of occasions). Here are some possible answers to your question.
1) We love Meridian hardware (we can still use this with Roon).
2) People liked the extra software features that it provided over Squeezebox and Sonos (I think Roon will provide a wider feature set then Sooloos).
3) The perception that there wasn't a computer involved (there was).
4) Some people liked having a large dedicated touch screen.
If you believe what is being stated, the audio quality won't change with Roon.
Cheers
Tom