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If you used it only with Tidal you will want to be using it in a stable high speed internet environment. I think it's worth the cost but that's a personal choice, it will take a few years for the cost not to matter. The lifetime membership in dollars is a pretty good proposition if you get a lifetime of use out of it. Like most people I have discounted that possibility in my mind. Software is notoriously flaky as a long term bet.
I use it with a large library on disk simply because I'm old enough to have a large digitised library. Roon have recently expanded their radio function to include Tidal. If you start from a well known track either on Tidal or your own library it will serve up choice tracks for days. It can't do it with the more eclectic dance music that I have. If you start with Sarah Vaughan you'll get dinner time jazzy blues for days, it is especially good with the jazzy genres, probably a reflection of the average age of users.
The main attraction of Roon is the added metadata. It's like a massive music encyclopaedia, the interconnections between artists etc. When you find a band you like it helps connect the dots to the next band. Also just the reviews and background info on artists that you are discovering.
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I’m really interested in whether Roon is significantly better than Plex. I’d love to be able to justify an upgrade :) I think plex has the same features as Roon (auto tagging with metadata, gigs, auto playlists, band history from last.fm, similar artists, etc) but I’m not sure if I’m missing something in Roon that I’m just not aware of. I’m not a huge fan of the Plex UI (actually, it’s ok, just dark!), product development is leisurely (no published roadmap) and there isn’t a CarPlay app for it which is super annoying. Any other killer features you can share to help me justify switching to Roon?
freddo
Do you think Roon is worth the cost even just as a front end for Tidal? Or are you using it as an interface for locally stored/streamed music, too?