Roon 1.8 sounds better than 2.0?

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

And 1.7 sounded better than 1.8 while 1.8 also sounded better than 1.7:

Roon 1.8 sound quality change?

Anyone notice any sound quality change with 1.8? I swear things are a tad thinner sounding to me, a bit less mid bloom on down, but if nobody else hears any difference I’m fine to chalk it up to audio nervosa or whatever else. I double checked my settings, everything looks to be the same. EDIT/UPDATE: Up through 1.8, I was using ‘experimental mode’ (uses the Squeezebox engine) on my Innuos Zen mk 3 server to run Roon core. On 1.7 and below, this mode sounded significantly better than ‘regular’…

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