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I have the latest Bluesound Node, and found a nice improvement with a power supply mod.
I'm not holding my breath that they will listen to their users. They never have before. There's always a first time for something, however.
If enough users complain, perhaps Roon Labs will revert to periodic checks. They certainly have made many changes to the program based on user feedback.If not, there's always version 1.8, which they are calling "legacy." Since Roon meets your needs, it might be worth using 1.8 for a while and seeing if they can be persuaded to make the reversion.
If enough users complain, perhaps Roon Labs will revert to periodic checks.
Regarding "user demand," as someone pointed out on the Roon forum, Roon did not ask their users or beta testers if they would accept a kill switch on playback of local files when internet is down. There was zero user demand for that.The kill switch is also not required just to add remote playback. Sure, the remote playback from your NAS to an internet-connected device outside of the home won't work, but there is no reason to disable local file playback in that case.Roon has not given a credible explanation. A Roon rep made a confusing comment about locally run search not working well, so they go rid of it in 2.0. Not having search is not the same as not allowing simple navigation of the local database to play an album or a track. The Roon database is locally stored (or it used to be at least--they have been mum on that point).In addition, Roon has now removed the entire discussion on their forum (350 posts in less than a day).Something is clearly up.The current version that runs locally will stop being supported at the end of the year, and people who installed the new 2.0 only have 6 weeks to restore the current 1.8 version. Roon is being extremely heavy handed about coercing people to use the new version.The best explanation for the behavior is that they are looking to sell Roon to a streaming service (not my insight--suggested by a forum post elsewhere).
I think your suggestions are reasonable, and I appreciate them. But something very serious is brewing if they wipe all reference to the concerns from their forum and give no comprehensible reason for the change. The appear to be scared of this and are dug in. I hope I am wrong.
I have the latest Bluesound Node, and found a nice improvement with a power supply mod.It ships direct from Poland. Easy to install, reasonable price,
Thanks. This looks promising.Do you have the $230 option (the "Super Low Noise PSU + Interface")?I like that they show measurements.Regarding Blue OS, how do you find the basic ability to identify your tracks and albums correctly?Can you re-order entire albums easily in the queue?