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Puma Cat 02-03-2021 03:53 PM

New Roon Version 1.8 looks amazing...
 
Check out the high-level new features and interface video here:
https://youtu.be/bC3vpBxtLhE

JemHadar 02-03-2021 04:18 PM

New Roon Version 1.8 looks amazing...
 
Looks like landscape and portrait views will now be possible on iPad...I hope....and vertical scrolling in all views

Puma Cat 02-03-2021 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jem666 (Post 1031359)
Looks like landscape and portrait views will now be possible on iPad...I hope....and vertical scrolling in all views

Yes, that's all great, for sure, but I think the real plus will be added features, metadata richness, and algorithms in Valence, and the concomitant increase in Radio mode to discover content in new and more personalized ways. :thumbsup:

Still-One 02-03-2021 07:53 PM

I have a Lifetime subscription and the only new feature that is of any value for the way I use the product is vertical scrolling. I am glad that it is adding features for others.

crwilli 02-03-2021 08:02 PM

Besides the visual and ‘control’ changes, I wonder if they have made any changes to the SQ aspects?

Weirdcuba 02-03-2021 09:34 PM

Ditto. They may be starting to fall behind other software providers (several of whom are also hardware providers) in terms of SQ, but are still way ahead in terms of user interface. Fingers crossed for more sound ...

clpetersen 02-03-2021 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Puma Cat (Post 1031377)
Yes, that's all great, for sure, but I think the real plus will be added features, metadata richness, and algorithms in Valence, and the concomitant increase in Radio mode to discover content in new and more personalized ways. :thumbsup:

Agreed. Roon excels in finding music and artists that otherwise would remain unfound.

Antonmb 02-03-2021 10:35 PM

I’m just waiting for better handling of classical metadata, and an “album artist” view.

Puma Cat 02-04-2021 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antonmb (Post 1031401)
I’m just waiting for better handling of classical metadata, and an “album artist” view.

You're going to see a big improvement in handling classical music metadata, Tony.

2fastdriving 02-04-2021 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crwilli (Post 1031379)
Besides the visual and ‘control’ changes, I wonder if they have made any changes to the SQ aspects?

Everything I've heard so far points to "no".

Although, I'm not sure there's any specific issues to address. I've compared Roon playback software vs others and consider it at least as good as anything else out there.

That said, some more control over the filters it uses (like HQplayer does) would be nice. And it would be nice to control their DSP from phone devices. Currently it's only available on tablets.


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