It allows the Roon Core to do everything apart from act as your remote control or the audio output device itself. Roon describes it as "AirPlay for audiophiles". Roon Advanced Audio Transport (RAAT) is the technology that allows this all to work in a centralised way. It also means that your hi-fi kit won't become out-dated. Keeping all of those computational processes in one place means that the audio circuitry of your hi-fi equipment can be freer of noisy chips and components which may otherwise harm the quality of music playback. It also handles all the software updates. It controls your play queue, your output devices and the multi-room zoning as well. It does all the audio stream conversion and volume levels the output. The idea is to create a more searchable, magazine-type feel to your music.Īs well as organising your collection, your Roon Core is responsible for music playback too, and its aim is to take as much of the heavy lifting away from your playback devices as possible. Those extras include photos, bios, reviews, lyrics, and concert dates, and make connections between artists, composers, performers, conductors, and producers. It builds an interconnected digital library, with cleaned up, enhanced, up-to-date metadata, which is then tucked up into one, tidy interface with all the rich content that Roon can muster. Wherever it sits, the Roon Core will manage the music from all of your digital sources: Tidal, Qobuz, NAS drives, HDDs, USBs, iTunes and live radio. You can find a list of Roon partner products (opens in new tab) on the Roon website. It could also be a NAS drive or a dedicated music server (such as Roon's own Roon Nucleus) which is pre-installed or installable with the Roon Core server software. Naturally, your Roon Core needs to be something with decent computational chops and, in most set-ups, its likely to be a Mac or Windows PC.
That way, you don't need to go updating all your bits and pieces of hi-fi every time Roon is fixed or upgraded. It centralises the Roon application, which is responsible for all the thinking that your system needs to do. It's the conductor of your music streaming orchestra.
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