The sound is, what's the term I'm looking for?Įxactly what I'm referring to. There is a certain natural, analog, and pleasing presentation that I associate with Euphony. For me, I'm staying with the older sound no question. Right now, we have to choose, and the difference is real. To tell you the truth, I think if you could increase precision while retaining the smoother sound of older builds that would be optimum. I do wonder if 217 is pushing more and therefore squeezing out more precision but also giving that sense of strain. I dislike simplistic conclusions, but, for what it's worth, my cores are running about 5 degrees cooler now across the board. The whole feel is more relaxing, full, and open. 217 felt refreshing, but also tight and closed at times. The rendering though, for better or worse, is "looser." Disengaging Ramroot does have that negative effect. However, to my ears, 102 doesn't seem like it's lacking detail or overly soft and diffuse. So, if accuracy and hyper clarity is your thing, stick with the new build. I'm sorry, because I know a lot of effort must go into each update, but:ġ02 doesn't have the laser etched precision of 217. In this case, it is exactly as I remembered. So, how does the old build sound vs.217? You know how memory of sound is unreliable in audio? Well. I had to go with a full "install." This was fine because I lost a few playlists but I have no music on the SSD.
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Whenever I tried to install Euphony into my Optane SSD using "repair" it didn't work. Just FYI, it's pretty easy, but I did have a hiccup. Okay, well, yeah, I went back to 20201102. As soon as I switched to Roon I couldn’t believe the difference, but then it could just be the makeup of my system. Yes, in my system Stylus is ok but not great. So if Stylus is my favorite, it doesn’t need to be someone else’s favorite! These impressions might be caused by my system, and thinking of the quite complex route (MacBook Air > Ethernet > Raspberry Pi 4B running RopieeeXL > USB > Devialet), others may well get completely different perception of SQ depending on their system. I must say that running Roon Core from Euphony improved Roon’s SQ quit a bit, but not to the level of Stylus. All of a sudden, the sound was enjoyable again, full, lively, and the spatial resolution was just stunning! Stylus is debated again whether it didn’t lose a bit of SQ with the latest upgrades, but for me it sounds just perfect! Most importantly, it was bass shy!Įupgony stylus turned out to be in my system a revelation. It’s got a great UI, but in my system, and I stress the fact in my system, Roon always sounded anaemic, flat and unengaging. It’s strange to see the huge span of opinions when it comes to digital audio! I myself never liked Roon Core with regards to sound quality.