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I've also suffered problems with Roon but to be fair I have not persisted to find a solution as I do not like the way Roon deals with classical music - I much prefer my own system of cataloging, which I have implemented in Sooloos over many years. I have therefore largely stuck with Sooloos and only use Roon occasionally.

I think my technical problems with Roon (aside from the classical cataloging preference) stem from using Roon on a Mac laptop which gets moved around and turned on and off all the time. It is very stable when I attach a 2TB USB hard drive to it and use Roon locally through the USB output (the mode I use when travelling or on holiday) but I have never achieved any degree of stability when I connect to my main NAS. I fully accept I must be doing something wrong, but what?

It would be very helpful if someone who has achieved stability with Roon (with a NUC or by whatever means) could draw up a schematic of the preferred setup with Meridian endpoints, setting out how to make the various connections to the underlying NAS, together with a list of do's and don'ts, such that non-computer experts can understand it.

I thought the replies deserved their own topic so I've moved them out to Roon schematics of preferred setups with Meridian endpoints

Can new schematics be posted in that topic please so we can keep them together.

Regards,
Carl

Thanks Carl.

Has Roon improved their classical music handling with the latest release?

Ken

There is a concerted effort to improve Roon's handling of classical music for the next version. It's already extremely powerful in some ways, but only when the metadata from Rovi is good enough.

It would be useful to hear what you see as the problems.

No first hand experience since I will have to upgrade my hardware to try Roon but some specific comments on the What's Best forum are concerning.

Ken

Hi Ken,

I trialled Roon again recently, and there is an awful lot to like. But when it came to classical repertoire I found my ability to 'manicure' the metadata with Sooloos was still better for me. Rich metadata can be over-rich for some works.

But despite the reported great integration with Tidal, my ability to edit metadata in my Tidal library, and thus allow me to effectively search for composer, whether via streamed or stored content, has kept me with Sooloos.

Wasn't sure internet radio was there yet either.

I remain open to jumping over to Roon, but I suspect for many of us, as with an MD600 or MC200, there is an elegant, standalone simplicity to the Sooloos system that is not easily replaced.

Richard

Roon does have internet Radio now. I hope we can edit and add reviews on the next upgrade. Chris

I'm making the switch to Roon, but one niggly drawback is the minimum spec for Roon Remote. Sooloos is quite happy interacting with a first gen iPad, but my son's iPhone 5c is deemed unworthy for Roon.

That will probably be lack of 64 bit on 5C - Apple pushing 64 bit or dual 64/32 bit apps. Ironic since the Roon developers were so against 64 bit - I gather preferring the smaller footprint of 32 bit - would be interested what got released in the end now they appear to have been freed from the limitations of supporting legacy Sooloos kit.

My point about Internet radio was that I don't think copying URLs of radio sites is within everyone's grasp.

It is sure hard to describe the user experience of Roon without a throng of pro-Roon folk interrogating why I ain't so keen...*smiley face*

Richard

I agree you need to be computer competent at the moment but the development is coming on in leaps and bounds.
It will be interesting to see how Roon looks in two years time. But for now it is far from turnkey.
Chris