What audio system do you have, or plan on getting?

[aligreto]

Fellows, your audio posts are off-topic, this is the watch forum.

  

[Bachtoven]

Well, that was short lived! I really dislike the library management compared to JRiver or Audirvana, so I'm returning it.

[DavidW]

Well, that was short lived! I really dislike the library management compared to JRiver or Audirvana, so I'm returning it.

Wow, and I heard it was the best.  Well hope you find something.

[Daverz]

Wow, and I heard it was the best.  Well hope you find something.

The capabilities that stand out in my mind are built in digital filters (makes it easy to fix room modes or EQ headphones) and multi-channel capability.  I've never felt compelled to switch from Logitech Media Server, though.

[DavidW]

The capabilities that stand out in my mind are built in digital filters (makes it easy to fix room modes or EQ headphones) and multi-channel capability.  I've never felt compelled to switch from Logitech Media Server, though.

I've heard great things about Dirac.

[Bachtoven]

Wow, and I heard it was the best.  Well hope you find something.

Thanks. I guess if it were the first and only such device I used, then it might be OK. The library management problems include not importing all of my files, both from the external drive and Qobuz (It only transferred about 20% of my Qobuz files--I had it rescan twice to no avail), and I miss the way that both Audirvana and JRiver allow for user-created playlists. I have mine arranged in chronological eras--Renaissance to contemporary, then a separate one for guitar and piano. I can do that with Qobuz, but in the Roon version, all of the individual tracks are listed vertically, and since each playlist can hold 2,000 tracks, that's a lot of tracks to paw through to find the album I want. As I recall, Roon does the same thing with hard drive files. On my MacBook and HP version, the individual tracks do not show until I click on the album cover, which is vastly more convenient. The physical device itself seems fine--quiet and since it's designed just to handle audio, it doesn't have a lot of software running in the background. I do think it's way overpriced at $2500, though. Once the free subscription to the software expires, it's $15 a month, $150 a year, or $830 for a lifetime subscription. No thanks!

[DavidW]

Yeah that is a mess.  I have my cd rips and digital downloads organized in a folder structure and I navigate by folder on my streamer.  It is quick and easy.  In fact surprisingly quicker than relying on metadata and searching.