16-Jan-2015, 15:39
I can't help feeling somewhat sceptical not so much about Dialog, as I'm sure they can get this network streamer right, but about Spark. Will it ever be able to provide the same level of sophistication as JRiver/JRemote. For example, I mostly listen to classical music, so it's essential for me to have a Composers view in the control point (JRemote). Not only that: JRiver/JRemote allows one to create hierarchical custom views, so I created one for browsing Composers --> Album artists --> Albums. And to give you one more example of the flexibility, with JRiver, one can create custom library fields. I created one which concatenates [Album Name] - [Album Artist], which facilitates contextual searches (by artist) within the view. And so on. Will Spark be able to match this in the near future? I'll ask you when you receive your orders
JRiver MC20 --> Devialet 250 Expert Pro --> KEF Blades II