The wait for Spotify HiFi has been a long and arduous one. It’s been rumored at this point for years, and we’re still yet to see the new tier launch in any capacity.So I got tired of waiting.
I took it upon myself to make my own streaming service. One that’s full of my own music, that I actually want to listen to.It’s all thanks to some very impressive software called Roon — and I’ve been using it for all my online music listening for the last couple of weeks to get a good picture of what it’s like to have your own streaming service in your pocket.
Look, Roon isn't cheap — but you'll wonder what you did without it if you have a house full of audio gadgets. It increases the sound quality of the devices it plays music through, tells you the signal path, and lets you take your own collection of hi-res audio wherever you go.What even is a Roon anyway?(Image credit: Tom's Guide)Roon bridges the gap between a streaming service, a whole home streaming solution, and a kind of 3rd party streaming service aggregator.
Allow me to explain.With your own Roon server, you can stream your own library of FLACs or other hi-res tracks everywhere. And I mean everywhere.
Not just to your home streaming devices, but on the go thanks to the Roon Arc app on your phone.You can use Roon in conjunction with Tidal and Qobuz, letting you search through their libraries together so that you can find music that’s on one rather than the other, without having to move between their two apps.It.
