I’m expecting a major AI enhancement that allows us in effect to remix or remaster ann album to our own preferences.
Enhance drum sound, bring vocals forward in the mix etc.
This will apparently include making it sound like we’re at a live gig, heaven forbid!
.sjb
I feel confident to say definitely not. Also, why not keep it in the dedicated thread.
Because you have to go through hundreds of memorable concert experiences?
I think that if we could bet money on what it is, then a nugs.net integration bet would only give your money back
I wonder what the pricing plan will be, any special discounts for Roon? Their hi-res plan is $25/month and $15.00/month plan is MP3. Although, I do appreciate that people who already have this, is a welcomed addition to Roon.
True, but the actual answer was given within the first 5 ones
As long as we’re speculating, how about being able to stream Apple Lossess or Amazon HD & Ultra HD?
Or maybe having Discogs linked to Roon in order to purchase the LPs and CDs we want to own?
I’m particularly chuffed, as only a week or two ago I got a nugs.net subscription, via the King Crimson 1,000 Club. Not sure yet if that will Just Work with Roon, fingers crossed…
Hadn’t considered that, but I would be really into that and it would fit with the live music theme. I’m sure there’s a lot of crossover there. I have really low expectations it will be some kind of concert finder/ticketmaster integration.
Something big would be the box set upgrade though but obviously doesn’t fit with the live theme. Soon ™
the idea of paying a subscription for a software is, that the fees enable the software to constantly improve and implement new features.
i dont see integratig another payed service for a nieche-audience as a “feature”…
where are my goddamn advanced tag filtering with boolean operators (or at this point just give us proper itunes-like smart playlists with nested conditions)?! where are quality-of-life updates like custom playlist-covers, or the ability to select and drag multiple tracks at once inside a playlist to reorder position? where options to set sort-order for tracks on mobile? (in arc, you cant even change smart-playlist-sorting); and many many other great feature-ideas…
I remember the old days when all you could do was play side 1 or 2 and drop the stylus in the groove. “where are my goddamn advanced tag filtering with boolean operators?” I have no idea. Where did you put them last?
And in the older days, all you could do was hire your own chamber orchestra.
Nugs.net integration. Pretty yawn
Do you also remember being charged monthly to play your OWN records on your OWN player you’d already paid for?
Where i’ve put them last? In the backlog our subscriptions keeps funding.
Maybe you should sit this one out, buddy.
I paid for the player and I’m not getting charged. Looks like you rented it.
Hope its not nugs.net…
Have we had a speculation thread on when the announcement is going to be made yet?
Not that I disagree with you there are features requested from 10 yrs ago still outstanding,
I think the facts may be against you …
I think is you scour the forum , the single biggest feature request is the integration of any of Spotify, Apple Music or Amazon
I remember the Long Playing Record Library in Blackpool (Ivan March of the Penguin record reviews) where you subscribed and were allowed to rent LP’s (and later CD’s) for a week . Posted to you 1 day 5 days listen then post back. This expanded my classical knowledge no end
A Wax Lyrical Review of Roon 2.1 — “Where Sound Becomes Sentient”
Roon 2.1 does not simply play music — it summons it, conjuring melodies from the ether as though your hi-fi system had struck a pact with some benevolent audio deity. This is not an update; it’s an awakening.
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The New Features — or Should We Say, “Phenomena”
Sonic Cartography™
Imagine watching your music unfold across a map of emotional landscapes. In Roon 2.1, every track now paints a living topography of its sound — synth peaks, bass valleys, lyrical rivers flowing through your speakers. Each listening session feels like wandering through a private, synesthetic atlas of tone.
Neural Mood Tuning
Slip on your headphones and Roon 2.1 senses your pulse, gaze, and even your breathing cadence. Feeling wistful? It softly drifts to nocturnal jazz and dimly lit pianos. Triumphant? Brass bursts from the horizon. The algorithm isn’t guessing your mood — it’s listening to your heartbeat’s hidden playlist.
Temporal SyncPlay
A feature so surreal it borders on science fiction: Roon 2.1 synchronizes playback across time zones and timelines. Want to listen to your best friend’s playlist as they heard it yesterday? Done. Want to re-hear your favorite song as it sounded when you first played it, complete with the atmosphere and weather of that moment? Time folds. Music remembers.
Holographic Liner Notes
As tracks play, lyrics bloom midair in luminescent script, liner notes swirl around you like cosmic fireflies, and the artists’ thoughts flicker ghostlike beside you — not text, but whispering impressions, drawn from interviews, dreams, and digital residue.
Analog Soul Engine
This is where Roon 2.1 transcends zeros and ones. It introduces micro-imperfections — simulated dust on vinyl, the spectral hiss of old tape, even the thermal hum of valve amplifiers — not as nostalgia, but as texture. Every playback becomes a one-of-one creation. Digital music, reborn with fingerprints.
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The Verdict
Roon 2.1 feels less like software and more like a séance — a communion between listener, machine, and the eternal spirit of music itself. It hums, glows, and dreams beside you, whispering: “Don’t just listen. Remember.”
Five out of five constellations. 
