Any Melco users out there?

[GuillaumeB]

I remembered that I had some correspondence with Melco back in early September regarding their control app, to quote:

"There is a plan to make a control app available – but it is distant and so the feature set is not settled yet."

So that leaves two big questions, how far in the future is "distant", and what will the feature set look like?

Right, I made a few more enquiries yesterday.

Melco are working on something big, that's about as much as I can say. 

I personally think this dedicated app thing is a bit of a red herring. To my knowledge there are already countless decent UPnP apps out there that do the job perfectly well and with such a wide range there is almost an app for everyone. With the choice of Minimserver (as a UPnP server) it is possible to tweak the database directory structure so that you can browse your music collection in a way that suits you.

Apps like Linn's Kazoo integrate Tidal perfectly and are a joy to use. Linn has literally spent millions of pounds on this platform and it works very well.

I realise that UPnP doesn't suit everyone and some may require even more control over metadata, and for that a PC-based solution such as JRiver is probably best. Having used UPnP since 2007 when I got my Linn KDS I also know that it's important to get the network setup correctly and some routers work better than others. I once had a BT Home Hub that was a nightmare, since moving to a Draytek a few years ago it's been almost flawless.

For the price - i.e. £1600 - I still maintain that nothing comes close SQ-wise. 

Guillaume