Posting about changes to the sound quality of Roon from release to release on the Roon community is the same as posting “Neil Peart really isn’t that good” on a Rush forum. 
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If you don’t want escalation, you should probably refrain from this kind of speculation.
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whatever, have a nice day.
Well they currently also make changes in their infrastructure / backend. I think it was also mentioned in release notes somehow.
Btw: when updating a core version always wait till CPU usage goes down to a normal value - which can take some time based on your configuration.
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To achieve what exactly? Also, if you use DSP, won’t the CPU go right back up as soon as you start playing?
Well sometimes new build / core version make updates to database/browse library etc or do other CPU / memory intensive tasks.
DSP is normally by far not that CPU, I/O heavy.
Depends on the core and the settings. Many people run with a 1.5x multiplier, so quite maxed out, and Roonlabs say that’s fine
EDIT: But true it’s not I/O heavy
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I agree, 1182 build sounded fuller,1202 was bad and 1211 is better.1182 was way better
The very same here!
How about we make it a mandatory requirement to post signal path when claiming sq differences due to software changes?
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Not enough… add to that a comparative functional MRI brain scan…
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I’m not sure I’d know how to screenshot that…
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On a Mac Command + Shift + 4. Then you can select an area as well.
So for example just
Haven’t used Windows in awhile (apart from games).
This topic calls for a deeper analysis by Amir from Audiosciencereviews, fellow Roon-User… 
comparing Roon-versions as to sound quality seems to me like comparing the sound of cables 
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There’s a part of me that won’t disagree with the idea that changes in software could make subtle changes to the sound. But there’s a huge side of me that just couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to those things, so haven’t noticed it. Or perhaps I should say I’m glad I don’t have gear THAT revealing. Life is just too short.
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Does that work for MRIs as well? macOS becomes better and better
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Puts head underneath a scanner and uses DTP software to Command + Shift + 4 the brain
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Cmd+Shift+3 the hole brain
Cmd+Shift+4 selections of the brain
Cmd+Shift+4 and Space panels of the brain
options:
save png (default), jpg or other files
save to desktop (default), or other locations
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I don’t remember that far back, so I can’t really say.
But I do think this idea – that a change in SQ can’t be happening – is unrealistic. We’re talking about software and fallible human programmers here. Some software bugs go undetected for years. Depending on Roon’s regression testing chain, it might indeed be possible to introduce a software bug that befuddles part of the data handling in such a way as to produce a degraded output. And conversely to fix that bug in a later release.
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