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I’d like to direct all my votes to this feature request.
Yes! We want this feature folks!
Definitely want this feature.
Please VOTE at the top if you haven’t… Thx!
I voted a long, long time ago. I am one of the people who has posted repeatedly in this thread to keep it undead and hopefully to attract enough attention to get some more supporters. I put in a feature request that was merged with yours.
FWIW, as much as I want this, I think this is unfortunately an already dead thread in waiting. I don’t believe Roon has any intention of ever implementing the requested feature set, if they were interested in doing so it would have happened without user input and a long time ago. On the face of it seems a very logical request which very few people are actually interested in.
I guess despite often poor judgment in recording and mix down digital is clearly perfect sound forever… even when it isn’t. Sophisticated compandors are also possible in DSP, but no one is talking about that either..
Rescue tools for recordings that do not live up to the promise of digital.
I think this is true with the vast majority of user requests to the Roon team. Other than, say, Roon ARC, I don’t recall any user-requested feature that was ever implemented.
On Roon ARC: It’s a good concept and it sounds pretty good. However, Roon ARC crashes in all my iOS devices. Once installed, it will run for a few days and all of a sudden it will start crashing 30 seconds after launch. I cannot tell you how many times I have tried this, on two iPads and multiple iPhones. Apparently my library is too large, but Plex has NO ISSUES with my library size, always works. This issue has been going on since the launch of ARC a few years ago. I have reported the issue countless times but it has never been fixed.
These days I don’t try anymore and use Plexamp instead.
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The process of recording, mixing and mastering is so variable from one recording to the next that few recordings are going to sound optimal if they were not mixed and monitored using speakers that are similar to yours. I have several friends who are former recording studio employees and have heard some tales. Being able to touch up EQ for speaker systems quite dissimilar to those used during mix down would be useful. Audiphiles seem to regard recordings as sacrosanct, and there are certainly ones that are so good they need no help. Most recordings I have encountered don’t fall into that classification unfortunately.
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In my experience with my system, it’s the other way around, and when a recording doesn’t seem right, I look for an alternative version.
There’s good reason for studio monitors having a flat, neutral frequency response. I also seek this in my components and find that all my sources–CD, DAC, and vinyl–sound the same. Only my amplifier and speakers add character.
Unfortunately I don’t listen to a lot of audiophile music and like stuff for which it is difficult to find alternatives unfortunately. I occasionally find a version on Qobuz or BandCamp which is better than Tidal’s streaming version. They aren’t always mixed on speaker systems that are anything like mine or are mixed for market or engineer preferences.
System is 4-way active with 300B hybrid SE amps driving TAD TD-2001 on clone Yuichi A900 horns for treble, TD-4001 on clone Yuichi A290 horns for mids and Iconic 165s in diy Onken boxes for bass driven by lateral mosfet power amps. System is equalized for something that approximates the Harman target curve in room. (DSP based digital signal path handles EQ, time alignment, and level matching, 8 channels of DAC, 2 channels ADC for analog sources at the front end) I have powered subs that cover from 17 - 45Hz. Speaker processor is a Danley branded Linea Research ASC-48, I have outboard DACs on mids and tweeter channels.
System would be described by most as both neutral and highly resolving.
I mostly use Roon, I do have a small tape library and a Studer A810, several turntables, etc. (Kaamos Tech ADC modules and my own analog front end for signal conditioning.)
This feature would be useful to those of us who have to deal with less than perfect program material.
Kevin
Would love to see a photo of your system!
Can we mention that this feature was available in WinAmp back when we were downloading tracks from Napster via dialup modem? Things really are going backwards.
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