Kjo, I'm surprised that no one has replied so I'll give you my opinion/method. I keep my music in folders by Artist and album title. When I rip a new CD (with dbPoweramp) and want to transfer it to my player, I just connect the player via the usb port and it shows up as an external drive. Then I copy the music over via drag and drop. I assume that the Astell and Kern player has the same capability. Unless you listen via iRiver on the computer, there's no reason to involve it at all. Even if you do I wouldn't think you would have to wait for it to scan the music. Note that I'm not familiar with the workings of either iTunes or iRiver so there may be something I don't understand.
iRiver and dbPoweramp connectivity
Hello, I just purchased an Astell & Kern ak120, and also just purchased dbPoweramp to rip CD's to load onto the player. Sound quality is excellent. I am having a little difficulty though navigating the iRiver software and loading music onto the player. It is not as "plug and play" as iTunes. When I rip Cd's using dbPoweramp, the iRiver software does not seem to locate the newly added music. I have engaged in a 3+ step process to rip CD's to a Music folder or into the iRiver folder with dbPoweramp, re-start the iRiver software so it scans the computer and recognizes the new music that was just loaded onto the computer, and then transfer the new music file into the iRiver library, before transmitting it into the ak120. I am hoping that this old dog can be taught some new tricks to make this less cumbersome. Thanks for any insight.