rooHead - Incredible Headphone Sound

Got it :+1:
On your PC/MAC:

  • Open Roon

  • Click Settings (Wheel)

  • Click Audio. If Roon is active on the iPhone (and the iPhone is not sleeping) you see this on the PC/MAC screen:

  • Click the wheel and select “Device Setup” and you will get this:
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  • Set the “Private Zone” switch to “No”

  • After that you are able to select the iPhone as a playback device using Roon on the PC/MAC
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Best DrCWO

Thanks a lot!
It was the private zone!
Best regards!
Alex

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Thanks very much for that!

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Ji @Felix_Vijiac,
I told you I will get into that if I’m back from Asia. Now I saw that Crossfeed is provided by Roon. So if you like to use it you can add the Crossfeed DSP in front of the Convolution for the headphone and you will be fine (see screenshot below) :+1:
This means no task for me any more :wink:

Best DrCWO

Hello,

yes, i actually was inquiring about combining Roon Crossfeed with rooHead convolution filters. Now the headphone being equalized i was wondering if it was a good idea to crossfeed as it will alter the frequencies, no?

Crossfeed always alters the amplitude a bit. You can experiment a bit by putting Crossfeed on front of or after the FIR and see where the effect is less. Even if I put it into the FIR filter you will get the same amplitude changes.

Best DrCWO

Hi @DrCWO ,

I purchased RooHead the other day, followed the directions in the video and everything works like a charm. Thank you.

I have a question…

Before RooHead, I input settings in the Parametric EQ that were generated at autoeq.app for my Audeze LCD-XC. I now realise that this is essentially the same as what RooHead does except RooHead does this as a Convolution filter.

My question is:

The settings that I generate at autoeq.app start with a bass boost of +6dB. In RooHead I can only boost bass by +3dB. I find I like +6dB. How do I achieve a +6dB bass boost with RooHead?

This is the FIR filter generated for the LCD-XC for a sample rate of 96kHz and a +3dB Bass boost.
I guess all the filters I offer from out of the database have already some bass boost. But feel free to compare the results. I adjusted the volume of my curve so it fits the scale of your yellow equalizer curve.

As you can see my curve has +9dB at 20Hz (with the +3dB Bass Boost setting) and yours only +8dB :wink:

Best DrCWO

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Hi DrCWO,

A couple of questions, I am trying to setup Roohead on my new RooExtend box and cannot proceed as its requesting a license that I thought would be provided for a sixty day trial with the new RooExtend box. Is the Roohead license not included with 60 day trial?

Thanks, Chris

Hi @Chris_Hayden,
a 60 days free license is not included for rooHead :cold_sweat:

Why?
With rooHead you can create correction filters for your headphone that can be used with any Roon system. This means if you once have created the correction filter you don’t need rooHead any more.

I’m sure you understand that if I offer a free License for rooHead I will never get money for it as anybody creates its correction filter during these 60 free days.

Hope you understand.
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Hi DrCWO,

I now have roohead license and convolution zip file for my headphones but I’m unable to have Roon find it! The browse folder finder only seems to point to my local hard drive and will not select the zip file. Roon is located on a ROCK Nuc setup on my network and I have copied the zip file to the roon server but never “sees” it or uploads the zip file. I’m sure I’m missing something simple here, any ideas next step?

Anxious to finally what roohead is all about!

Also I have the the Quick keys control that I’m learning to integrate into my system, the quick keys defaultly shows the music track timer as a count up display, How can i change this to a count down timer, showing only time remaining for the track? This is very important feature for me to show/indicate remaining time of track!

Thanks
Chris

You need to download the zip file to your local machine. Then when you click browse in the convolution filter it will show you directories on the local machine.

When you select the file it will be uploaded to the roon server.

And then enjoy!

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Greg, Thanks for your idea as you are correct however i think my issue is with the browser. the browser will not navigate into the NUC and only sees my local drive on my laptop and not the spare drive on the NUC!

Hi @Chris_Hayden,
please see the answer to your question above by @GregD.

@GregD
Thank’s for this :+1:

Best DrCWO

Chris - you need to download the Roohead zip file to your laptop - not a directory on the roon server.

If you saved it to the wrong place it’s pretty easy to generate it again in rooHead.

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Run Roon on your PC using your Roon server.
Doing so you can save the file on your PC.

After just go to the colvolution plugin and open the file from the PC.
Roon will load it into its settings by itself.

Here you can find a video tutorial how to do it.

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DrCWO, GregD,

Thanks for your help!

The culprit was Windows 11 saving me from myself such that the convolution zip file was being quarantined, I could see it but not access it via the browser because MS thought it was suspect (unauthorized).

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Does this mean I can close this issue now?

YES, Thanks again for your support/patience!

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