How to force Roon to take CD quality instead of 24bit/DSF version as primary?

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hey guys, do you happen to know how to force Roon to take 44.1kHz/16bit as primary version? I really want to listen to the 1st press or old masters I have for a lot of albums instead of the re-re-re-remastered versions that are everywhere nowadays.

Please help, I don’t like the idea of having to disable the my 24bit folder from storage sources or having even to delete the 24bit remasters or SACD rips I have.

The idea of going 1 by 1 clicking “make primary” is what made me open this thread, I won’t like to do that at all.

Thanks.

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Create a focus filter to only show Flac 16/44 including anything else you might want, like the one below and then you can save it as a bookmark

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Thanks that’s a good filtering option but I am looking for a way to force Roon to choose CD in when in the artist view

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Without making them primary, there is no way that I am aware of doing this

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If you have the 24bit and SACD rip on another storage location as you imply, it’s simple to disable that location and re-enable as you wish. A couple clicks.

Presumably you do want to listen to the ‘better’ versions at some point otherwise there is no reason to keep them at all.

I think it’s important to note that just because you have a 44k/16bit version doesn’t mean it’s not a remaster (good or bad). It’s a challenge to differentiate all the different versions of albums and thankfully Roon gives us the ability on a per entry or recording basis as I don’t believe there’s any hard and fast ‘rule’. Likewise, just because it’s 96khz or 24bit tells us nothing as to the recording/mixing/mastering quality…many times it’s the very same just upsampled and packaged as ‘better’.

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That only works if it’s a separate added Roon storage folder in Roon. That might be a good way to do it if I were starting again I would probably store all my multi channel and high resolution albums in different top level folders.
Instead I use tags and Focus

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Yeah I think you are right, there are 2 real options, go and manually designate my first press masters as primary version or just disable the storage location for the tr24 and DSD files, I have all separated in 4 folders: tr24, sacd, cd and lossy.

I normally just try to avoid remastered versions I find so more emotion and history in old masters from the early 80s, nowadays masters are just too saturated and loud…

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Why do you buy the inferior versions?

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Unlikely inferior, closer to the initial master, more space and a more flat sound

The world is so used to what streaming pushes you and determine how music should sound, old music is that, old, should sound old, instead of saturated to be compliant with modern expectations

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But you don’t like them? I mean, „normally just try to avoid remastered versions“ and yet you have them?

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Pretty sure that @mavmcl meant the remastered versions are the inferior ones.

Because I agree completely with that view😁

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I do that’s why all of this post, I want to set the old masters as primary in a bulk

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Yeah, so I wonder why he has them

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I see now, yes good question.

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Oh now I get it, thanks. Well in this case disabling the location might not be too bad :slight_smile:

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Good question, I keep them just as a reference but I do prefer my rips

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