I did try Roon about 12 months with the core running on my home PC and whilst I liked the interface and the extras (e.g. Bio etc) I decided to cancel after trial. Over that 12 months I’ve definitely started to use the streaming services more, mainly Qobuz . Due to the lack of integration for legacy streamers I’ve been playing with LMS/BubbleUPnP etc (and also been thinking about selling the NDS and trying something new).
Anyway been thinking of trying Roon again and had already got a pretty good deal on a NUC so jumped on $1 offer and am up and running. The library integration with streaming services is impressive plus I use a Mac quite a bit and the Roon app is very nice. All in all I really like the interface it’s probably the best I’ve used, whether it’s worth £10 a month I’m not sure time will tell.
One thing that did strike me is that nothing seems to have changed in the 12 months from my last use in terms of functionality, it doesn’t seem to offer anything new. I would have expected some new wonderful features for £10 a month, maybe it’s all there but I just haven’t found it yet. Also there seems to be a lot of issues reading through the forums not resolved.
The playlists seem an area that could be better particularly in relationn to integration with Tidal/Qobuz. Anyway enjoying it so far…
Only had Roon a few weeks, but I think I’ll not take a subscription out once the 3 months are up.
The thing I really like and find useful is controlling music to my lite from the Mac.
The commands offered above don’t seem to work for me, so the question. Is there an app for Mac that can control the lite (volume, switching inputs)? I have qute control but was wondering if there was something newer with a browser type interface.
Linn Kazoo app (MacOS) may be the nearest … though it doesn’t offer all that functionality you’re after. Naim should release something, otherwise we’ll all need new Macs with the M1 processor to use iOS apps (Naim App)
I am quite sure I read a while ago in another thread that the app works fine within Android emulators on macOS and Windows. A bit of more faff but possibly worth it.
Erm? … I also tried your suggestion of entering the steamers IP address in Safari browser on the Mac and I don’t see anything to control music playback … just “Naim Configuration” for changing Network settings, updating firmware etc … certainly nothing like Roon or Linn Kazoo, for music selection.
I still think the only options are using Bubble Sever combined with Linn Kazoo or a new Mac with the new M1 processor (allowing it to use the iOS Naim App) … but if you know another way, that would be awesome
Which device? I said “I am not sure about Unitilite” in the post above yours because I thought someone had mentioned it (though not in the one you replied to, because back then I wasn’t sure which device we were talking about). It works on Nova and NDX2, so I suppose on all units with new streamer platform:
I don’t get it. I saw it with my own eyes on the Nova, and I actually learned about it on this forum. I took the screenshot on the NDX2 just now. No idea why the ND5XS2 would differ - or maybe just for you??? Very weird
No, but it’s just an HTML & Javascript page, no weird browser applets. I use Firefox on Ubuntu, and in Chrome it looks a bit different but is essentially the same
plus the Bisca99Posse albums. I just ripped them all into Roon, listened and still adore them. (A lot of work to get right editing the credits and all, the default metadata in Roon for Novonove is not great and this is one band for which I wanted everything to have just perfect. I started the CD ripping with the artists whose name starts with a number, so it came up right at the beginning, and it’s particularly complicated with Novenove with all the pseudonyms. At least I learned everything about the Roon pitfalls with artist names right at the start of my ripping quest - just 1000 to go )
Once went to Lignano to see them play live at a festival, still with Meg, and also saw the reincarnation w/o Meg in Berlin a few years ago (still good but not as great, but played support for Banda Bassotti and it was a fun night).
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