Whats the Latest awesome Music software?

mantis
mantis Posts: 17,007
Hello all,
I have not been keeping up with High rez music. I was wondering what the top software everyone is using to day is? Is it still J River? Or Pure Music?
Dan
My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 32,874
    awesome s/w requires awsome music.
  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,007
    I downloaded Audirvana Plus. I'm gonna try that out
    Dan
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,341
    Roon is supposed to be top notch, but expensive. I don't use it because of the price and am happy with JRiver which keeps getting updates.
  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,287
    +1 on Jriver here unless you go with a streamer like the Microrendu or Aries. They work nice, sound better then a laptop and just run off a nas.
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    Now that my Min/DAC has its own app to control I not using my PC for music much unless I messing around in the computer room. but when I do use my PC I still pefer JRiver also.
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,080
    mantis wrote: »
    I downloaded Audirvana Plus. I'm gonna try that out

    How's that working out for you? Pros/Cons?

    TIA

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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,007
    I tried it for a week and Prefer J River.
    Dan
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 7,937
    Roon is awesome...
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  • GlennDog
    GlennDog Posts: 3,080
    mantis wrote: »
    I tried it for a week and Prefer J River.
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    Roon is awesome...

    Thanks, gents!
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,639
    Just started with Roon over the last few weeks and so far it has been my go-to. Love that it makes everything (local, network music and streaming services) look like one big library.
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  • Thorton
    Thorton Posts: 1,324
    Roon is Great! I started with it about a month ago. I couldn’t believe how easy it was to set-up and instantly arrange and sync all my music library. I also like how it automatically makes Flac the preferred version over MP3 (which I only use for the phone and boat). Direct ethernet connection to the DAC is also a big improvement in SQ.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 7,937
    edited November 2018
    Yes for me the big thing about roon is that it integrates my flac library with tidal seamlessly. Second big thing is the radio function which draws on your library and will play similar artists to the album you just played: this often plays things inhavevlon forgotten about, since it draws on anything you’ve liked in tidal. Last, I like that it decodes MQA. I know whether that’s an advantage is controversial, but I like having it as an option. And all the little things, like artist profiles, album rating and reviews, similar artists, is all icing on the cake for me.

    At $10 a month I do think it’s expensive, and if jriver would integrate tidal and roon I would give it a try. The one thing that bugs me is that I can’t use it on more than one computer. I have one tidal license, and I can’t listen to tidal on more than one device at a time, but I can have the software downloaded on as many devices as a want and just use one at a time. Why not roon???
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