Why You Should Consider Roon As Your Music Hub
It's as good as it gets for your die-hard digital music collectors.
Quite honestly, I didn’t think that I’d be writing about Roon for a little while but I’ve gotten enough requests to talk about it that I think I’m finally going to make it a post.
For those that don’t know, Roon is a subscription based full fledged music player. It’s not a streaming service, but a digital hub for your music - both streaming and local. Roon also works with most equipment such as soundbars, connected home receivers, music streamers, computers, phones, and tablets. (including the most recent update, with support for AirPlay 2, which means support for HomePods and Apple TVs).
One of the main reasons I love Roon is its ability to safely combine streaming content with what I have locally and be able to seamlessly move my music queues between devices (think: Spotify Connect).
That’s an oversimplification of what Roon has to offer. But today I will be going over why I continue to use Roon and what it could do to make it more attractive to other users (in my humble opinion).
It’ll be quite an interesting ride as I’m not the typical jazz/classical audiophile who prefers local files over streaming. Rather, I’m a pop/country/R&B-oriented listener who has an appreciation for the occasional playlist/radio style listening and who regularly shuffles their entire music catalog.
Roon offers a 14-day free trial. If you use my referral link and decide to subscribe to Roon after the free trial, we both get 30 days added onto our subscription for free!