I grew up listening to music by first selecting what I wanted to listen to and then cueing it up. As my collection grew, I would occasionally flip through my bins of albums, later CDs, seeing if something hit my fancy. I organized albums by genre and even had a bin of "favorites". This worked fine when my total collection numbered in the hundreds at most. Fast forward 40 years... I now have several thousand albums, most now in digital form either by ripping and tagging or buying online and downloading.
Until Roon, my approach to what to listen to, however, was still the same -- either first picking what I wanted to listen to or flipping through the virtual bins. LMS/iPeng made it easy to flip, but with out any added value other than the choice to select by genre, album title, artist or favorites. Quicker by far that searching the stacks, but still conceptually the same. Roon has taken it a major step forward by reinventing the music discovery process enabled by their slick UI and depth of metadata. In truth, I still often know what I want to listen to and just select that within Roon - no better or worse than with LMS/iPeng. But, when I sit down to peruse my music on my iPad or laptop via Roon, I learn far more about what I'm listening to and, more importantly, rediscover albums that I've long forgotten (or discover new music on Tidal). This greatly enriches and broadens my music listening experience. It did not take me long to feel that Roon lifetime was worth the price. I've spent far more on far dumber audio-investments. In my opinion, Slimdevices and the Squeezebox revolutionized how we collect, manage and play music. Roon has revolutionized how we listen to it. Mike (1 SB3, 1 Duet, 1 Boom, 2 Touch, 1 Radio & heavy use of iPeng on various iThings) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mdconnelly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105146 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
