Roon Vs JRIVER MC 24 sound quality comparison on PC to DAC

Roon sounds better but also costs alot more, you can do the trial thingy and see if you like it.

Another option for better quality is to find a mini pc and put Daphile on it, easy to setup and control from any other pc, tablet, smartphone.

Roon doesn't even claim it "sounds better". Unless you are using SRC, room correction/eq, hqplayer, etc within Roon than it seems hard to comprehend how it can better.

I'm trying the 14 day trial of Roon , and yes , it does sound better then JR MC 24. And to my ears, by a wide margin. I use JR and I'm happy with it, but like so many guys in this hobby were always looking for just a little more. It's more detailed without being bright. Vocals, to me are where it really shines. I'm a jazz guy and hearing everything from Ella Fitzgerald to Kurt Elling is almost like hearing new music. I really don't need all of the other info Roon gives you. When I sit down I just listen, I don't read. But I get why it's so popular, and it might be worth $120.00 a year to a lot of guys, but not to me. I'm happy with what I've got. But it's a nice product.

Roon beats J River by a mile, it's more dynamic more detailed and is so so clean. I don't think it is worth the money each year but I have listened to many players and I think it has the rest of them beat but it is a pure beast to get your head around and set up. I am still not there but I really couldn't give it up now. I listen to a lot of radio programs and also record them on computer and once they have been through Sequoia and Sony Sound Forge 12 they are then rendered to DSD files and I then play them through Roon when I feel like a listen and boy do they sound good after that. I even upsample my bought files from HD Tracks and Presto Classical and they are then stunning in DSD played though my Direct stream DAC. No I won't be giving it up any time soon but I really do wish it was easier to configure.

I have just came to the conclusion that my problems with Roon are age related. Computers and old people don't compute. Takes so long nowadays to get something into my head and then when I do get it to work I can't remember how I did it !!!!

Everything was set up with J River as far as my music files. Can they easily be converted to Roon or would I have to start over.