Roon vs MinimServer/Mosaic sound quality?

[AndrewS (Andrew)]

@Urbanluthier

They will both sound the same as long as settings are adjusted for no dsp.

That they are the same is easily proven, as demonstrated by Anup. Of course that doesn’t prove that they sound the same, simply that if they sound different that’s not because they are different.

Roon vs Mosaic SQ - Redux

In Roon’s early days, I would have sworn it sounded inferior to Mosaic/UPnP (I may have even posted as much here on dcs.community). During the Covid19 lock-downs in 2020, partly driven by a debate with Martin Colloms (HiFiCritic), I found the time to set-up an objective testing methodology that completely removes any subjective opinion or biases in evaluating whether or not there’s a difference between Roon and Mosaic (though originally intended to debunk Audiophile Ethernet Switches/Cables, wh…