Roon vs Enhanced Music Controller

*** The Roon experience requires a Roon Server on your network. *** The Roon App is another controller for your Roon Server. You browse and play your music library on over 1,000 compatible audio devices, and provides a seamless in-home connection. You can install the free Roon App on as many devices as you like. What is Roon? The very best way to experience your music: Roon reshapes the way you browse and explore music. Powered by rich metadata, Roon's interface invites you on a new journey of musical discovery every time you log in. Your music library becomes the starting point on a vast map of performers, composers, influences, and genres. Follow the path emanating from the music you love to discover exciting new sounds and reconnect with long-forgotten favorites. You can delve even deeper through lyrics, artist photos, bios, reviews, and tour dates - then continue the journey with recommendations specifically tailored to your tastes and listening habits. Listen anywhere, on all your gear: Roon lets you play from your collection of music files and TIDAL, Qobuz, and KKBOX libraries on thousands of Roon Ready, Airplay, Chromecast, and USB devices from one app inside your home. Meanwhile, Roon ARC provides access, playback, and precision audio control for your entire Roon music library directly from your phone, wherever you are in the world. Flawless playback. Everywhere, every time: Roon is built to ensure your music sounds perfect every time you hit play, no matter where you are. Roon guarantees the best possible sound quality from every piece of audio gear - our MUSE sound engine delivers bit-perfect playback, exhaustive format support, and precision audio control for a fully customizable and flawless listening experience. From headphones to your home hi-fi, and everything in between.

This app allows remote control of a Network Player or a Network A/V Receiver via the local network. The app supports Onkyo/Pioneer/Integra/TEAC released in April 2016 or later and Denon/Marantz with build-in HEOS technology. At the moment, the app is tested and works with following devices: - Onkyo: TX-L20D, TX-L50, TX-NR414, TX-NR509, TX-NR525, TX-NR535, TX-NR575E, TX-NR616, TX-NR636, TX-NR646, TX-NR656, TX-NR676E, TX-NR686, TX-NR696, TX-NR818, TX-RZ50, TX-RZ70, TX-RZ810, TX-RZ830, TX-RZ900, TX-RZ1100, TX-8130, TX-8150, TX-8250, TX-8260, TX-8270, TX-8390, TX-8470, R-N855, CS-N575D, CR-N755, CR-N765, CR-N775D, HT-S7805, NS-6130, NS-6170, NCP-302 - Integra: DTM-6, DRX-5.2, DTR 30.7, DTR 40.7 - Pioneer (models after 2016): VSX-LX101, VSX-LX103, VSX-LX104, VSX-LX302, VSX-LX303, VSX-LX503, VSX-LX504, VSX-S520D, VSX-831, VSX-832, VSX-932, VSX-933, VSX-935, VSX-1131, SC-LX701, SC-LX901, SX-N30, SX-S30DAB, NC-50DAB, N-50AE, N-70AE, XC-HM86D, MRX-3, MRX-5 - Teac: NT-503, AG-D500 - Denon with build-in HEOS: DRA-800H, AVR-S750H, AVR-S760H, AVR-X1500H, AVR-X1800H, AVR-X2400H, AVR-X2600H, AVR-X2700H, AVR-X2800H, AVR-X3700H, AVR-X3800H, AVR-X4300H, AVR-X4400H, AVR-X4500H, AVR-X6300H, AVR-X6400H - Marantz with build-in HEOS: NR1200, NR1508, NR1510, NR1711, SR5015, SR6015, SR7015, Cinema 40, Cinema 50, Cinema 60 The two most popular features of the app are music playback and sound profile management. Other benefits include: - Maximum privacy: No ads, no trackers, no telemetry, no special permissions like GPS - The modern design supports different color themes and works on smartphones and/or tablets in portrait and landscape mode - One-click access to music playback actions - One-click access to media items using shortcuts - Full music playback control (play, stop, pause, track up/down, time seek, repeat and random modes) - Full tone control (listening modes, bass, treble, balance, channel levels, and all zone volume) - Enhanced Play Queue support (add, replace, remove, remove all, change playback order) - TuneIn Radio, Deezer, Spotify and Tidal streaming (if supported by receiver) - DAB / FM / AM (if supported by receiver) - Multi-zone support (if supported by receiver) - Multi-room support: Allows control of groups of devices attached via FlareConnect (for Onkyo/Pioneer/Integra only). Ability to control FlareConnect without WiFi - Control of devices attached via RI (for Onkyo/Pioneer/Integra only) - Display device details and control device settings such as dimmer level, digital filter, auto power, and sleep timer - Allows control of receivers over an OpenVPN connection (even over a cellular connection) - Allows to rename input channels and zones when this feature is not supported in the firmware Flexible user interface: It allows to reorder the play queue using drag-and-drop, change the font and buttons size and show/hide/reorder all control elements for all tabs. Known limitations: - Please note that the app does not support the music streaming from your phone to the network player or the receiver - In order to login into Deezer, Tidal, or Spotify, you need the official Onkyo/Denon app additionally to this app - Pioneer models before year 2016 are NOT supported, for example: VSX-424, VSX-529, VSX-830, VSX-920K, VSX-923, VSX-924, VSX-1021, VSX-1121, SC-95, SC-LX79, N-50, N-50a, N-70A - Following Denon models are not supported: AVR-X1000, DNP-730AE, Heos Link 2, Denon Home 150, Marantz n40 - Following models do not support "Play Queue" feature (that is a limitation of the Onkyo firmware): CR-N765, DTR-40.5, HM76, HT-R693, HT-R695, TX-8130, TX-8150, TX-NR626, TX-NR636, TX-NR646, TX-RZ900 The app is 100% open source. Please feel free to explore or contribute to it on https://github.com/mkulesh/onpc