Poll: Would you recommend Roon to a non-technical person?

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Would you recommend Roon to a non-technical person?

  • Yes
  • No

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Depends how non-technical. (There are some non-technical persons to whom I wouldn’t recommend any OS or app on desktop or mobile, so I can’t answer such a general question)

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My mum? Never. My son, maybe (but he’s into Spotify :wink: ).

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I did answer Yes. If the network is ok and the hardware specs are ok.
In those conditions, I would install roon for my mum that doesn’t know how to use “Shift” key and still uses “caps Lock” key for the first letter of a sentence.
The beauty of roon (for me) is that you can use it with so much customisations, and there technical background is necessary.

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I answered ‘no’ but I realize that this whole western world is not easy to understand for non-technical persons. Even my father who was a financial manager years ago and a friend of mine who is a tax lawyer/expert are angry at the tax-department for bothering them with the modern security tools. Without apps and smartphones and knowledge you can’t get anywhere here in the Netherlands.
I have a technical background and that helps. I don’t know much about software and Windows/Linux but I have some insight. Just restarting everything and never give up helps a lot.
But if a radio or record player would have behaved like misic software does now in terms of reliability, people would have thrown it out of the window to buy a better one. In other words we are used to non-working devices and security problems and are willing to pay experts to help us getting everything in working condition again. It is a business model that there is no software that would work for ever, also due to systems like Windows where it runs on that need to be updated constantly.

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For setting it up, no, I wouldn’t recommend it. Especially if they have a library of ripped and downloaded files already.

But for usage, I can hand anyone in the house a remote, and they’re up and using Roon with minimal prompting. Pick your destination, search for music, and you’re off and running.

If there were a paid service out there, or even just some generous volunteer audiophiles, who could help others set up Roon for them, it could overcome a major hurdle.

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My wife uses Roon and Spotify very happily. She was a ballet dancer, that’s very technical.

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