Sagan Posted July 19, 2021 Posted July 19, 2021 Hi all! This has been twisting my melon for a little while, I'm trying to decide which multi room direction I should head in, would love the help deciding. My setup is: Office - A&R A60 + JR149 + RME-ADI-2 + Run Roon on my desktop Living Room - Quad 303/33 + LS3/5A + HifiBerry/DAC running RopieeeXL I'm wanting to add speakers to the kitchen, bedroom and bathroom (most small endpoints or Sonos(es?) My main problem is a lot of friends (non audio peeps) use Spotify religiously, we share a lot of songs, playlists etc, which rules Roon out. It's not that annoying to find them in Roon/Tidal but not the easiest. My partner also uses Spotify in a similar way. Sound quality isn't a huge issue for those areas of the house that I'm moving around in but I do enjoy having a good listen in the office or living room. Are there any other options out there apart from Roon and Sonos? I'm happy to run wires/ethernet anywhere that needs to be. I have a feeling maybe the best way to treat it all is to use Sonos throughout the house for multi room and then Roon/Tidal for more sit down listening in the living room? Thanks in advance!
Sagan Posted July 19, 2021 Author Posted July 19, 2021 + should also mention, I'm not opposed to Airplay 2 as an idea, I've just never got it to play as nice as Roon or Sonos, always felt a bit buggy!
POV Posted July 19, 2021 Posted July 19, 2021 I'd suggest Bluos. Can integrate Roon, Tidal, and Spotify. Very well integrated and in my experience works pretty well flawlessly. Lot's of expansion options, new NODE and POWERNODE both excellent sound quality for the money.
Sagan Posted July 19, 2021 Author Posted July 19, 2021 3 hours ago, POV said: I'd suggest Bluos. Can integrate Roon, Tidal, and Spotify. Very well integrated and in my experience works pretty well flawlessly. Lot's of expansion options, new NODE and POWERNODE both excellent sound quality for the money. Thanks for the recommendation. I've looked briefly into it but will have a proper deep dive now.
Sagan Posted August 3, 2021 Author Posted August 3, 2021 @POVEnded up getting a new NODE and really enjoying it! Didn't know about the presets on the top of the unit and they are super handy, thanks for your help! 1
POV Posted August 3, 2021 Posted August 3, 2021 58 minutes ago, Sagan said: @POVEnded up getting a new NODE and really enjoying it! Didn't know about the presets on the top of the unit and they are super handy, thanks for your help! Awesome mate. Enjoy! I'll offer one tip. Check out Radio Paradise if you haven't before. Amazing radio station can stream in FLAC or MQA via the NODE and it is a wildly varied 24 hr playlist. I have discovered so much music through Radio Paradise it's not funny!
Sagan Posted August 3, 2021 Author Posted August 3, 2021 17 hours ago, POV said: Awesome mate. Enjoy! I'll offer one tip. Check out Radio Paradise if you haven't before. Amazing radio station can stream in FLAC or MQA via the NODE and it is a wildly varied 24 hr playlist. I have discovered so much music through Radio Paradise it's not funny! Will do, cheers!
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