I spent a lot of time with Sooloos as a user, nagging HQ about various bugs and also helping Duncs produce the Sooloos tools that some of you will remember.
I also had the chance to get involved with Roon from the very earliest pre-Roon times. I think I have a fairly good view of both.

I really struggle to think of something I did in Sooloos that I cannot do in Roon. In other words, did I lose anything?
So, if I only ever wanted a Sooloos experience, did I lose that in some way?

Does Roon make me do something I didn’t have to do to get that experience? Yes.

I have to update software versions x1000 more often than Sooloos ever updated. I have to map storage drives whereas Sooloos didn’t. I occasionally have to slap my anti-virus software to not block Roon.exe etc.

But in terms of using Roon to play music through my Meridian devices it is as focussed as it ever was in Sooloos.....if I want it to be.

If I want to do much much more I can. But that is optional.

Not suggesting that other experiences have to be the same. I was just trying to see how Roon might be seen as less focussed in a sense that made it feel worse than Roon Sooloos (thanks Russ).

Last edited by ncpl; 2020-03-23 09:38.
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