#Recently added setting minimserver software
I can now heartily recommend the Roon software and the Roon Nucleus+ (Plus) as a server. Thus, if I'm working at my computer desk (as I am now) and just want my primary audio system to play background music, I can control the volume and streaming program for the audio system in the other room from my Roon Core computer desktop. The volume and program choices (except for AirPlay/Lumin Streaming) can be adjusted and controlled from my desktop computer. The iPad can even be powered down-same result. Interestingly, as long as the Roon Core is operating (as in the Roon program is open or minimized on my computer desktop), then neither the Lumin App nor the Roon App needs to be turned on on the iPad controller. With this configuration, the Roon volume control controls all streams, even the AirPlay/Lumin Streaming ones. These sources then stream to the Lumin via AirPlay/Lumin Streaming from the iPad. Any streams which Roon cannot natively handle (e.g., Sirius/XM or Jazz Radio) can be selected from an app on the iPad or from a Safari bookmark on the iPad. My iPad controller can then use the Roon app to select music and control the volume. With those settings, the Lumin App can be turned off. When using Roon, I have the Lumin App settings with the Lumin App's Roon Ready and Lumin Streaming (aka AirPlay) functions enabled. It's definitely the slickest interface and now it also sounds at least as good as the Lumin App. My computer's Task manager indicates that with Roon doing 705.6/32-bit upsampling/resampling, Roon is taking about 2% of my computer's CPU capacity.Īt least for the time being, I am now using Roon as my go-to music streamer. With 705.6 or 768 upsampling/resampling, I can still watch Netflix HD movies on the same computer with no problem. As expected, if I cut back the oversampling/resampling to 352.3 or 384, the processing available is at twice that level, 18. Apparently, as long as your available processing level is above 1, you have sufficient computing power to perform the requested processing. Generally speaking, the more upsampling of 44.1k or 48k material, the better sounding the result with the new Roon build.Įven with this level of upsampling/resampling, Roon is telling me that the available processing is at a level of about 9. Since the Lumin X1 accepts PCM inputs of up to 768 kbps and 32 bits, I tried all the levels up to that maximum, which is Roon's maximum offering. I have experimented with various levels of Roon's upsampling/oversampling.
The general tonality remains very natural with the highs gaining added clarity, the background added blackness, the staging size in all dimensions, and the imaging added roundness with equal stability. It does not add brightness or reduce bass. In addition, as one review of Roon's Nucleus+ has mentioned, Roon's upsampling/resampling function sounds exceptionally good. I put my money where my mouth is and converted to the Roon lifetime plan from the annual plan, shelling out $700 to do this. Now, after the update, while the Lumin app still sounds slightly better, the difference is much less, so much less that the superiority of the Roon interface would probably make it my "go-to" for all but the most serious of listening. While the Roon interface already was the best, previous to this update, I regarded the sonic quality of Roon in my system as at least a bit bright/edgy and less three-dimensional compared to that of the Lumin App fed via MinimServer.
This is a significant and very worthwhile sonic upgrade. I agree with other WBF comments about this new version. Roon recently released a new version, Version1.7 build 537.
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