Well, as always, another spirited discussion on the Moose.
Alanford, you asked for an elaboration on my ROON experience.
I will say that ROON is an incredible piece of software. It scanned my collection of ripped CD's and Qobuz selections then arranged all in a nice neat interface. One can then get all kinds of additional information on the albums, musicians and other folks involved in the production. It also went to Qobuz and found other selections from these people. The sound quality as mentioned was not as good as the Moose playing files from the built in SSD or Qobuz. In a word, the sound was compressed. Sound stage was not as expansive, less separation between the instruments and vocals not as clean.
There are many approaches to using ROON. I tried two. The first had everything ROON (Core, music files and remote) on a laptop. All was connected via WiFi. Laptop to BDP3. The BDP 3 has the built in WiFi, not the dongle. I then put the ROON core on a desktop computer with the music files on an external HD USBed to the desktop. The desktop was wired with Ethernet, not WiFi. The laptop was now just used as a remote control and the BDP3 an endpoint both via WiFi. This approach had better sound but still not up to the stand alone BDP 3 controlled by the Moose.
I surmise that had the BDP been connected via Ethernet, the SQ may have further improved. At that point however, I stopped the experiment. No desire to get crazy with audiophile dingle-berries; fancy cabling, exotic power supplies, Ethernet filters, over the top vibration control etc. etc.
I use Qobuz like FM radio of years ago. Very decent SQ, a great variety of sounds and then if I really like a particular album, I'll buy it and rip it. After which, all is grand via the BDP3, Moose at the controls.
Enjoy the Sounds!
John