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LOG IN. I’ve recently set up Audirvana, choosing over Roon due to Roon’s higher cost. Seems like Audirvana’s sound quality is considered to be high. Does anyone have any experience comparing sound quality of Audirvana vs Roon or other players? Looking for input from those who may have taken the trouble to compare. I for one didn’t notice a difference, but I am planning to upgrade my system shortly and differences could possibly become apparent as a result.

Edit Delete. Two years ago I decided to try Roon 1. I immediately preferred the Roon presentation. And that’s without factoring in the file management and especially the radio function of Roon – which is probably the biggest difference. So last year I coughed up the Roon lifetime membership fee with no looking back.

In my experience, you get what you pay for. I keep trying Audirvana but going back to BitPerfect. Cheap and effective. I can’t answer the question directly as I have never tried Roon.

All I can say is; I have been using Audirvana Plus for several years now and have no plans to change anything. I am very pleased with the interface and the player works extremely well for me.

I am there? I think Audirvana Plus is outstanding. I did a brief free Roon trial after installing Audirvana and thought Roon degraded the sound subtly. After I turn off Audirvana I noticed occasionally the Printer settings would have to be reset. Not a big deal, but annoying. I have also heard that the updates can be problematic and was advised not to do them. I have tried Audirvana Plus with the free trial, but really don’t see what the big deal is or why I should get Roon.

I understand how some people like all the additional information it provides, but if I really care, it’s easy enough to go to Allmusic. I couldn’t tell any difference between Foobar and Audirvana and Foobar is free. It is a little more fussy, it took some time to figure out how to play DSD files for example, but it’s all good now. Thanks everyone. Can I ask what you have Audirvana running on? On another note, my Mac storage is hybrid solid state and mechanical, which in theory is not supposed to be as good as pure solid state due to added noise on the USB line as well as emitted noise.

Not sure this is proven to have an effect though. The core is supposed to be connected via Ethernet for maximum SQ. Anyhow, just wondering if some who are saying Roon is inferior may be deploying the core and player on one single device which is connected to the DAC. I do run Audirvana on my PC. I have been using Bluesound, but recently I had a problem where I could not use it for a month. I’ll put in another vote for Audirvana. I use it exclusively on a mac mini server and run it from the very good iPad app.

Sound quality is excellent. I have used Roon a lot and I think the interface is terrible. It is so convoluted and cumbersome to navigate. Roon does have a little more flexibility in terms of browsing Tidal, but I don’t think it is fun to use. FWIW this is coming from someone age 33 so it is not like I am a geezer struggling to use new technology! Late to the party, but I’ll add my comments. I have been using Audirvana Plus for several years and Roon for almost a year.

Most important to me is sound quality and reliability. I decided to audition Roon in early not sure what version with the free trial, mainly because of the multi-room, multi-device capabilities.

Roon sounded somewhat flat, lacking atmosphere and depth in comparison. Roon also integrated my personal library very well with Tidal. After several months, all the extra features of Roon compelled me to purchase Roon.

A year later, I now essentially use Roon most of the time, because of the interface and convenience of remote controls for all zones. Surprisingly the Radio is excellent feature I did not realize I would enjoy as much as I do. When I do more dedicated listening in my main system, I still use Audirvana.

I will say, I think the Roon audio quality has improved over the last year, although I have not tried any direct comparison. I recently tried Roon day trial. I love the multi-device and library management features of Roon. Very easy to setup. I also like how it automatically combines duplicates so that only the highest resolution shows in library. Roon’s soundstage is a bit more flat. I tried Indian fusion, R. I have completely changed my mind on this question since the arrival of Audirvana 3.

I have a lifetime subscription to Roon so this is a dilemma. I listen to bit perfect native files. No upsampling. Roon via Sonic Tranporter. Audirvana from my MacBook Pro.

Both feeding an upgraded microrendu. Audirvana has a more robust sound stage. Where Roon is better: gapless playback between tracks Pink Floyd albums are intended to play seamlessly between tracks as one continuation and Audirvana has a gap between tracks , Roon radio, user interface with loads of features, multiple zones, streaming from one library to various devices simultaneously.

Keep in mind, Roon has many options for filters and maybe adjusting these can improve sound quality. Not sure. Through my headphones I can clearly hear that Audirvana is superior to Roon. The difference I am hearing is more than the difference I heard when comparing Tidal to Qobuz Qobuz sounds better; cleaner more incisive, more ‘direct’ sound ; Comparing Roon to Audirvana; There is more dynamic contrast with Audirvana; Roon sounds flatter and less engaging when doing back and forth using same tracks; With Aud, vocals have more “vibrancy” and focus; overall sound has more life to it; If I didn’t do the back and forth I would not have believed this.

I am not really happy about this because I have pretty much gotten used to Roon and love the integration. Assuming both applications handle the memory to USB protocol the same, what else could cause this? I have heard rumblings that 3. Roon provides endpoints which gives you tremendous flexibility and allows you to stay away from the inferior usb connection.

It sounds better than Roon. I use Roon these days mainly for its wonderful radio, connected to Tidal. And yes, the GUI is great. For me, the difference is component level – using no filters or upsampling on either. The New Roon update is fantastic.

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I use it exclusively on a mac mini server and run it from the very good iPad app. Sound quality is excellent. I have used Roon a lot and I think the interface is terrible. It is so convoluted and cumbersome to navigate.

Roon does have a little more flexibility in terms of browsing Tidal, but I don’t think it is fun to use. FWIW this is coming from someone age 33 so it is not like I am a geezer struggling to use new technology!

Late to the party, but I’ll add my comments. I have been using Audirvana Plus for several years and Roon for almost a year. Most important to me is sound quality and reliability. I decided to audition Roon in early not sure what version with the free trial, mainly because of the multi-room, multi-device capabilities.

Roon sounded somewhat flat, lacking atmosphere and depth in comparison. Roon also integrated my personal library very well with Tidal. After several months, all the extra features of Roon compelled me to purchase Roon. A year later, I now essentially use Roon most of the time, because of the interface and convenience of remote controls for all zones. Surprisingly the Radio is excellent feature I did not realize I would enjoy as much as I do.

When I do more dedicated listening in my main system, I still use Audirvana. I will say, I think the Roon audio quality has improved over the last year, although I have not tried any direct comparison.

I recently tried Roon day trial. I love the multi-device and library management features of Roon. Very easy to setup. I also like how it automatically combines duplicates so that only the highest resolution shows in library. Roon’s soundstage is a bit more flat. I tried Indian fusion, R. I have completely changed my mind on this question since the arrival of Audirvana 3.

I have a lifetime subscription to Roon so this is a dilemma. I listen to bit perfect native files. No upsampling. Roon via Sonic Tranporter. Audirvana from my MacBook Pro. Both feeding an upgraded microrendu. Audirvana has a more robust sound stage.

Where Roon is better: gapless playback between tracks Pink Floyd albums are intended to play seamlessly between tracks as one continuation and Audirvana has a gap between tracks , Roon radio, user interface with loads of features, multiple zones, streaming from one library to various devices simultaneously.

Keep in mind, Roon has many options for filters and maybe adjusting these can improve sound quality. Not sure. Through my headphones I can clearly hear that Audirvana is superior to Roon. The difference I am hearing is more than the difference I heard when comparing Tidal to Qobuz Qobuz sounds better; cleaner more incisive, more ‘direct’ sound ; Comparing Roon to Audirvana; There is more dynamic contrast with Audirvana; Roon sounds flatter and less engaging when doing back and forth using same tracks; With Aud, vocals have more “vibrancy” and focus; overall sound has more life to it; If I didn’t do the back and forth I would not have believed this.

I am not really happy about this because I have pretty much gotten used to Roon and love the integration.

Assuming both applications handle the memory to USB protocol the same, what else could cause this? I have heard rumblings that 3. Roon provides endpoints which gives you tremendous flexibility and allows you to stay away from the inferior usb connection. It sounds better than Roon.

I use Roon these days mainly for its wonderful radio, connected to Tidal. And yes, the GUI is great. For me, the difference is component level – using no filters or upsampling on either.

The New Roon update is fantastic. After pausing a subscription, you have access to your billing information and can update it. Canceling your subscription implies that your billing details are deleted. After canceling, you will need to fill in your billing information to subscribe again. You can pause your subscription directly in your Account.

You will still be able to use Studio until the end of the current subscription period. You can reactivate your paused subscription directly in your Account. You can change your subscription formula anytime directly in your Account , in the dedicated section. The change will be effective after the end of the current subscription period. You can cancel your susbcription anytime directly in your Account , in the dedicated section.

For versions older than 3. Qobuz and Tidal both give you a 1-month Free Trial when you create an account directly on their website. You can connect your streaming account directly in the application. The Remote has already been updated for iOS and is available here. The Android version will soon be available. Be careful if you have a 2. This will restore access to the audio device to other applications and allow your computer to go into standby mode.

If another application still tries to send sound during playback, macOS will try to find another available audio device for it. Note: The Airplay device can be hidden. To get it back, hold down Option and click on the loudspeaker icon on the menu bar.

Select Airplay in the selection menu that appears. To prevent this from happening, exit other memory-hungry applications e. This is probably due to setting you put for upsampling. It is quite possible these audio files do not have the metadata tags that would have enabled them to be correctly catalogued and found easily. In this case, they appear with only a title that is their filename. In album view, files without metadata are grouped by folder, which are then displayed as albums.

You probably have a pre Mac. First make sure that your Mac and your network drive are connected to the same local network, with no router in between. Windows or MacOS then tries to find another available audio device. Since the 1. This can be configured in the audio Signal Processing section on the audio preferences page. This gives access to the large number of EQ, room correction, headphone crossover filters available on the market including the one that are already in your Mac.

First steps. Connect with your music. Set up your audio device. What do I need to run Audirvana Studio on my computer? Minimum :. OS X Recommended :. Windows Ask the community. Visit the forum. The free-trial privilege is limited to one free trial per Account. What are the minimum system requirements?

Contextual help is displayed in the software, for each part you might eventually need help with. This replaces the user manual, that is why there is no pdf version of it. Subscriptions and subcription management. How do I create my Account?

If you reactivate your subscription, you will be billed according to your subscription plan. I want to cancel my subscription, can I get a refund? Legacy Versions. How to fix the “Too Many Installations” Error? Streaming Services. Where can I download the Remote application?