AIR 3 Beta for Mac

[hk6230]

Well, I wasted several hours this evening trying to get this working, but it turns out to be an even bigger pile of sh*t than the previous incarnations. If this is the best that the arrogant ****heads can come up with in 2 years then there is no hope. They have clearly not invested one iota of effort in making sure that this plays nicely with Roon, with the result that it keeps hanging my Mac to the point of requiring a hard reset. I can't even comment on SQ - the bloody thing wouldn't play long enough for me to go downstairs and sit in front of my speakers. Utterly, utterly pathetic. Devialet can go to hell, and soon.

Why would they make sure it works with Roon or even test it with Roon?

Why should they not?  It has been requested by any number of people from this forum and elsewhere. Even if they arrogantly choose not to become "Roon Ready" their virtual sound card should be stable enough not to crash the OS at the slightest provocation. They have had long enough to get it right by now.

Roon may be at fault here, too. The latest build has been causing unnecessary stoppage while playing. So, we can't solely put the blame on AIR. And, AIR is an unique hifi-grade audio sound card interface which is proprietary to Devialet. And, I don't see any reason why Devialet has to share its patent/technology with others. And, I don't believe Roon will share theirs, too. Like any software, there are numerous ways that can screw up in between. To be fair, a manufacturer can decide what and who to work with. And, we have plenty of hifi choices out there to choose from, if Devialet is no longer meeting our needs and wants.