Roon update: lots including Qobuz support

[Edward]

Over the last day or so Roon has released a new version (1.6). The big headline is full Qobuz support (in addition to Tidal) which, in my mind, future proofs Roon as I was concerned about the financial stability of Tidal. I may give Qobuz a whirl (they have a 1 month free trial).

Also in this latest version there have been quite a lot of useful other changes mainly revolving around how things are presented. Certainly things are even easier to navigate.

See:

https://community.roonlabs.com/t/roo...now-live/58657

[Markiii]

any improvements to internet radio handling?

[Edward]

Not that I can see, but their implementation was pretty good anyway - obviously depends on the quality of the stream which is outside Roon's control.

Or do you mean the 'Roon Radio' feature? This is essentially new and so far it is coming up with very impressive/interesting suggestions.

[Gazjam]

Was surprised to see the update when I got home last night, updated and sat back to see what's what.

Love it, even if for no other reason that I can now use my Ipad Pro in portrait mode running Roon, makes a big difference.
Now it feels like an interactive magazine for choosing your music, very cool.

Major overhaul of the Now Playing screen, much clearer, more informative, intuitive with large hires artist picture and better metadate.

Now: if only they concentrate on upping the sound quality...

[mikeyb]

Was surprised to see the update when I got home last night, updated and sat back to see what's what.

Love it, even if for no other reason that I can now use my Ipad Pro in portrait mode running Roon, makes a big difference.
Now it feels like an interactive magazine for choosing your music, very cool.

Major overhaul of the Now Playing screen, much clearer, more informative, intuitive with large hires artist picture and better metadate.

Now: if only they concentrate on upping the sound quality...

Can you do vertical scrolling, my biggest hate when I trialled Roon several times was the horizontal scrolling of albums etc.

[Gazjam]

Can you do vertical scrolling, my biggest hate when I trialled Roon several times was the horizontal scrolling of albums etc.

Vertical scrolling only ever worked with the Ipad Pro's, not the standard ones Mike.
The new update enables portrait mode in the latest 2018 models Pro's, so able to use vertical scrolling for the first time in Roon.

And very cool it is too, makes far more sense especially with a bigger ipad.

[mikeyb]

I use an iPad pro, my other issue with Roon is the need for the ( almost) latest iPad and I hate enforced hardware upgrades, wish companies would STOP the churn in gadgets and devices.

I'll give Roon another go once they add Spotify

We use a family sub for Spotify so it doesn't make sense to start another service as my kids and grandkids all use Spotify daily.

Roon looks to have put out a decent update though

[Edward]

Was surprised to see the update when I got home last night, updated and sat back to see what's what.

Love it, even if for no other reason that I can now use my Ipad Pro in portrait mode running Roon, makes a big difference.
Now it feels like an interactive magazine for choosing your music, very cool.

Major overhaul of the Now Playing screen, much clearer, more informative, intuitive with large hires artist picture and better metadate.

Now: if only they concentrate on upping the sound quality...

In what way can they improve the sound quality? What are you comparing it with? Genuinely interested.

[Edward]

I use an iPad pro, my other issue with Roon is the need for the ( almost) latest iPad and I hate enforced hardware upgrades, wish companies would STOP the churn in gadgets and devices.

I'll give Roon another go once they add Spotify

We use a family sub for Spotify so it doesn't make sense to start another service as my kids and grandkids all use Spotify daily.

Roon looks to have put out a decent update though

Agreed about the iPad version. I was annoyed about needing at least IOS 11 on my Ipad to use Roon remote. I don't use the iPad enough to justify getting one that accept IOS 11.

I asked Roon about Spotify and they would love to have it as a service within Roon but Spotify has refused. Takes two to tango.

[struth]

my ipad 4 is 32 bit as well, so put Roon out for me really as i like a remote being incapacitated lol. The Audirvana remote is only 32 bit so works fine....for now anyway. Many say AV is better sounding than Roon, so this may be where the upgrade is wanted.