I, for one, welcome our new audio overlords.
This endless speculation is entertaining.
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So Plan B is to wait for BlueSound to open their proprietary BluOS Controller to integrate other streamers.
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If you already have a Mac, use it. Apple Music Hi-Res to DAC via USB. There is a program that can switch resolution for bit-perfect output.
I was an Apple Music user, but I faced a few issues that brought me to Roon:
- Bit perfect, that can be solved via ResSwitcher. But it some times did not work.
- Multi Zone. Apple Music app on Mac does not offer this, and you have to thinker with the MIDI setup and combine/group outputs. Also using the Res Switcher.
- Remote. The Apple Remote did not work with downloaded hi-res tracks, they simple are not listed in the remote. It only shows tracks in your library that are not downloaded.
Roon solved all of the above problems. Had Apple provided a solution for above issue, I would have never swotched to Roon.
Wading in here.
Iāve considered the Internet gank to be the secret sauce, and I donāt think Iām the only one.
But I also appreciate that the audiophiles see Roon for something quite different to what a music lover would.
Even noting Roon is a broad church, it still is niche, and Iām guessing Harman have some idea of making it an Everyman application.
My $0.02 is that they will make a play for music lovers by having a stronger link with the record biz: I think the low hanging fruit with electronics integration has been picked.
But Iāve only been here for a very short time, and Iām almost certainly wrong.
I find the suggestion that Audiophiles cannot also be music lovers a bit condescending. Some might even say it takes more love to actually buy a lossless version of a piece of music than stream it, but to each their own.
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Point taken. Yes, either way it is love for a completely discretionary pastime.
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I donāt think anyone actually hates physical media do they? Dislike maybe.
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I see your point.
Oh well. Now we can only wait and see what will happen in the near future.
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Yes, I definitely shop with my conscience.
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RAAT
I think Samsung bought Roon & chanelled the purchase through Harmon.
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May I suggest that - even if we did a tally of optimists vs pessimists here in this (nearing 500 posts) thread - weād really be no further forward?
We just donāt know.
If we speculated at all, maybe it would be on how much Harman (which has made some recent high-end audiophile acquisitions in recent years) did or didnāt change after Samsung acquired it.
Maybe weād also be right to have faith that Enno knows what he and his staff are doing; and that they want the best for the entire enterprise - including us users.
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My reply was in reply to a question by @SteadilyFred who asked a quastion to @Mediahound which was āSamsung devices donāt play Apple Music, @Mediahound?ā.
Because I have 3 Samsung devices which CAN install and play Apple Music app, my reply was merely to answer that question by confirming it.
My reply wasnāt about the topic of the discussion. Also, similar to most people who likes various things, Apple Music is merely one of them. Streaming from Tidal is another one of my likes. Liking āAppleā doesnāt necessarily mean I like to use Apple phones. I donāt own any Apple iPhone and donāt intend to own one.
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Just one ad in Roon, and I am gone. But letās not get ourselves worked up. Nothing has changed thus far! Need to remain positive!
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That was my only concern after reading the news. Hopefully thatās how this works out.
You askedā¦ How long will this loop in an eternal circle? I donāt know. Hehe, reminded me to listen to folk rock oldie āThe Circle Gameā (1966) sung by Joni Mitchell. I will just relax, enjoy music and wonāt bother to reply here anymore. Now realized itās just a waste of my time replying or commenting anything here. Cheers.
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Exactly! I was baffled to see MUSE on ARC, when the ARC itself is not working in a stable fasion. So we are going to do DSP on ARC, but the app does not work most of the time, and not to mention CarPlay stability is less than nothing.
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Of course. Roon is not a collaboration. I think the main purpose of the voting is to stop all the tag on āMe tooā posts.
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I didnāt hate walking to the TV to change the channel. But Iām certainly happier to not have to do that any longer. I see the value proposition of vinyl for those that like that (and I collected what is now called vinyl for 20+ years). But physical media like a CD or DVD is simply a piece of plastic that holds a digital file. I see no value in that physical media, and try to purchase lossless downloads when possible (admittedly I still have my > 5,000 CDs stored away in any case).
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Hmmmā¦ I was going to say no, but actually the fact that RAAT is integrated in quite a few devices makes it very useful and valuable. The tech itself is not rocket science and reproducible, but the painstaking work of having it integrated in a lot of hardware sure is.
Hopefully we see that Q&A/Update/Answers by Danny soon. 
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