Roon sounds noticeably better than Sooloos! Why?

[wklie (Peter Lie)]

@Chris

I can only hypothesize that it’s something in the way the Sooloos Core software is packetizing the PCM data versus how the Roon Server software does it, which results in a cleaner reconstruction of the PCM stream via Roon?

Reminds me of this:

SQ difference with new 234 build or TCP>UDP

Has anyone noticed a SQ improvement with the new 234 build or switch to TCP protocol from UDP? I spent over 5 hours Wednesday evening listening and I am pretty confident that the sound quality took another positive step. The layering from front to back was better defined with more presence at each level (easier to tell the drummer was clearly behind the singer), also I felt the width of the stage to be wider. I also may have noticed a bit more “pop” to the music, more dynamic, maybe. I did m…