Since I have not been able to go back to previous Roon version I did a test comparing Roon to JRiver and mconnect. Used FLAC and DSF files for the Roon/JRiver companion and Tidal streams for the Roon/mconnect test.
Neither on JRiver nor on mconnect can hear what I described: “thinner” and “emphasized highs” and woodford described as: “brasher, splashy, hashy, spitty”
The tonality of JRiver and mconnect are closer to each other compared to Roon which is distinctly different.
I give to Roon the biggest soundstage though. May be also more details but this later one is hard to say in view of the other disfavrable tonality (to my taste) as described above.
If you have done similar comparison lately would love to hear about your experience.