Iām hoping Iām missing something here. I just subscribed to Audirvana Studio and will likely drop my Roon subscription; however, I have to say that Audirvana Studio feels a lot like a beta app. I subscribed because I like the sound better than Roon, and Iām likely not going to use Roonās extra features once my Eversolo DMP-A10 arrives.
One of my biggest issues with the Studio app on Windows is the lack of date information in different areas of the app. Not having a date column in the list of podcasts makes it just about useless to me. Not having the dates of albums in an artistās page in Studio is also not great. These seem like things that should have been straightened out before this app was released to the public.
I feel like Iām back in my freebie, open source Linux music app days with Studio. Parts of the app are painfully slow, too, even on this fairly high-end gaming laptop (that was NOT true of the Linux apps). Seems like certain operations need to be programmed to run in the background and not hold up the user interface.
Finally, Iām really hoping that the Linux install of Audirvana eventually acts like a proper server that can be used from remote apps everywhere else, like with Roon. Itās annoying that I canāt use the Linux app and run Studio on my Windows laptop for my headphone rig at the same time. We need a āremoteā version of the app for Windows.
Iāve done that. I already have multiple UPnP devices on my network. Iām not sure how fond I am of UPnP, and it seems like as long as you offer a Linux programā¦
Just thought Iād make an update, since my post was pretty negative (thatās just the kind of mood Iām in after this week at work has been way more hectic than I was hoping for this time of year).
For the most part, I do love Audirvana Studio and its features. Itās just that coming from Roon, which is far and away the best user interface Iāve ever experienced in an app like that, Iām a bit spoiled. I also work for a software company, and it bugs me when programs, especially ones I pay for, have annoying user interface and performance issues.
Overall, though, Iām extremely excited to be using Audirvana. I was surprised I liked the sound better than Roon this time around. I didnāt used to. I thought they were very close a few years back, and preferred Roon just slightly on my laptop headphone rig at that time (completely different from what I have now).
Sound wise AudirvÄna beats Roon in my set up very clearly. Where it comes to UI I agree that Roon is the better option. But like you, I find SQ priority number one. After all music is all about sound. So to me the choice is easy.
Maybe this thread is of interest to you as wellā¦ If so, you might want to add to the mix.