I’m now testing both roon and audirvana. Will take a decision thereafter.Roon seems to be clearly the much more advanced / professional solution. I now get how they can ask for $ 700 and seems well worth it. The UI is really nice and is describe it as even better than alikes of spotify. Major drawback is that it will require some work / time to get it flawless to work with my tagged library. And integration with b&o is not flawless (no tags, no touch to join).Audirvana relies on my tags, which is great for my use case. And b&o integration seems great. A few things that i don’t seem to be able to get working:* No artist photos (it takes an album cover instead)* Cannot switch between speakers halfway through an album. need to stop everything* No native multi-room. Need the b&o app for it. And for some reason, distributed sound from audirnava is out of sync
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Tried out Roon and after two weeks I simply hated it!
Thought the UI was clumsy, it choked on MQA files and I preferred the sound though my Lumin streamer.
Re-thought my usage, tinkered a little and 'unlearnt' everything I knew about how to organise my music and I love it now - simply love it :-)
If all people need to do is to play their own files I can see it is a waste of money, but if you stream, want to discover new music and experiment, it's unmatched by any other system I know of - it's a great central part of your listening experience.
Upgraded software due next week - can't wait :-)
If you have active B&O speakers that are wired, either powerlink or line-in, the Almando Switch is a great product. Just connect it to a Roon ready endpoint and the Almando Switch will take care of the rest.
I love Roon. I have the Roon Core installed on my NAS and stream to my loudspeakers via Airplay. I use Airplay because I can multiroom sync different loudspeakers within the Roon App. When you use Chrome Cast (CC), you also have to use Google Home App to sync / group different CC devices. And I do not like to change between different Apps for related tasks.
As former user of the Beosound Moment and iOS Bang&Olufsen App (a horrible user experience for me) I am very happy that I found a company that is able to develop software for music enthusiasts.
You guys got me hooked to the roon.Playing around with it. Still not getting everything how i want it to, but indeed quite powerful player.Does anyone have experience using room in combination with the essence remote? Let’s assume i use roon to play to 5 b&o speakers, which are all connected to an essence remote? Can i stop individual speakers or will the essence kill the stream from all 5 speakers? Can i join in with a 6th speaker?
Depends on what you are using. If you use the line in, you can join / mute and control volume with each Essence for each speaker. But you can't skip a track or pause the music playback. If Roon can be controlled over HTTP, you could use a BLGW to achieve that functionality too.
Prefer not to use line-in, but use it natively in-speaker. I played a bit around and it seems to work reasonably well as long as i use AP.Depends on what you are using. If you use the line in, you can join / mute and control volume with each Essence for each speaker. But you can't skip a track or pause the music playback. If Roon can be controlled over HTTP, you could use a BLGW to achieve that functionality too.
Prefer not to use line-in, but use it natively in-speaker. I played a bit around and it seems to work reasonably well as long as i use AP.
Hi Steve,
what is your final goal? do you want sound quality or an ease of controll?
if you want both, I would get a Roon ready device. Line-in or SPdif connect it to a NL device and use multiroom of B&o. Or maybe even opting for CC.
Definitely- I use a dedicated Roon ready streamer and also CC on my A9 / BS2 CC on those two sounds better than AP
Oh, i got it. Roon receiver will have superior audio quality over airplay.Chromecast isn’t an option as i’d like to be able to use NL. While technically, i could do this via CCA with line-in, i prefer not to use a discontinued product (i’m selling the four i have).To get the higher quality, i’d need to connect a roon receiver to the line-in of a NL product, which i can then extend to the rest of the place. Downside is that it would add an extra device and cables. And it would limit me to starting the stream on only one device.And in either case, i couldn’t see metadata in the halo or true b&o app. It would either just say airplay or line-in.it’s a pity the roon developers ruled out dlna support, which would allow to display album and artist name on b&o devices.I’m in my second trial week. Will need to decide in a few days whether to go for it or stick to plex...
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