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Streamer apps critical

I don't understand why high end manufacturers release streamers with terrible apps. One of the strongest advantages of the Nodes is the BluOS app. It's simple and effective,  though not full-featured. I understand the Innuos app is great. Not all of us like much less want to pay the cost of ROON and the online apps, like USB audio Player are clunky. I would love to see a paid-for version of BluOS or other manufacturers license a common but customized app, much as early versions of Windows were available from Dell, Gateway, Compaq and so many others. 

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For me, Roon was an easy choice to bring my current streamer and all future streamers into the same excellent user interface. I know the price seems high at first, but if you think about it, a lot of people spend the amount of the lifetime Roon license cost on stuff like cables or tweaks. This is what you actually interface with while browsing your music, that's a critical thing to get right!

Prior to Roon I owned multiple streaming players or music servers with what I'd call half-baked UI designs. I don't care how great the sound is, if interacting with it feels like a chore, that's a no from me. Might as well go back to vinyl at that point.

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