Euphony sounds good. Even without the full buffering option it's able to keep up with my hardware changes. I'm able to hear clear changes in the system when I make them. And the overall presentation is very musical to me.
I have ever used AudioLinux player in my system and at the time of my switching over, I found Euphony v3 better. The current version v4 is a clear step up to v3 allowing quite a bit of customisation including different versions of Linux to be used and core isolations.
In comparison with Roon, the music discovery, find functions and overall management of music in Euphony v4 is not as good. I would say that Euphony has a functional system in place but if terms of interconnections between music and artists and background information in general, Roon is the King for this.
In terms of sound quality, there isn't really a comparison. Euphony is far ahead of Roon in all respects.
So I do what I have to - keep both Roon and Euphony running at the same time! I have Roon installed in a separate second system which I use for music discovery and to add tabs to the music files eg. preferred volume etc. I don't use Roon for playback. When I find an album I want to try in Tidal or Qobuz, I save it as a favourite from inside Roon and it appears in Euphony automatically because I am logged in as the same user in both systems. This way, I can get the best of both - Euphony sound and Roon management / info.
I have ever used AudioLinux player in my system and at the time of my switching over, I found Euphony v3 better. The current version v4 is a clear step up to v3 allowing quite a bit of customisation including different versions of Linux to be used and core isolations.
In comparison with Roon, the music discovery, find functions and overall management of music in Euphony v4 is not as good. I would say that Euphony has a functional system in place but if terms of interconnections between music and artists and background information in general, Roon is the King for this.
In terms of sound quality, there isn't really a comparison. Euphony is far ahead of Roon in all respects.
So I do what I have to - keep both Roon and Euphony running at the same time! I have Roon installed in a separate second system which I use for music discovery and to add tabs to the music files eg. preferred volume etc. I don't use Roon for playback. When I find an album I want to try in Tidal or Qobuz, I save it as a favourite from inside Roon and it appears in Euphony automatically because I am logged in as the same user in both systems. This way, I can get the best of both - Euphony sound and Roon management / info.
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