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Add to SafariWhen comparing Roon player vs Nuclear Music Player, the Slant community recommends Nuclear Music Player for most people. In the question“What are the best music players for OSX ?” Nuclear Music Player is ranked 11th while Roon player is ranked 25th.
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Pros
Pro Excellent audio transport to unlimited number of clients
Pro Identifies different album releases
Pro Support for Tidal and other music services
Pro Excellent audio resampling/conversion
Pro Clean user interface and layout
Pro Easy setup
Pro Streaming and playing local files within a single client
Pro Cross-platform
As an Electron app NMP runs on GNU/Linux, macOS and Windows.
Pro Free and open source
Licensed under AGPL-3.0. Everybody can inspect the code, use it and improve it.
Pro Looks beautiful and modern
Pro Plugin system allowing for easy addition of more streaming sources
Cons
Con Expensive
Con Elitist, audiophilomaniac
Developper refuses to implement single file+cue support.
Reason invoked : obsolete way to store music.
Real reason : Obtuse way to avoid gremlins to invade Roon pristine interface.
Con Limited support of streaming services
Only support Tidal (sadly MQA Scam promoters) and Qobuz. But Amazon & Deezer which also offers lossless streaming is not supported
Con Resource intensive
Just like any other web app.
