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Devices => Androids and other portables => Topic started by: riparius on March 09, 2017, 08:05:54 am
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Having recently purchased my first audiophile/hi-res DAP, the AK Jr, and found to my surprise that it did not allow Media Center to create and manage its playlists, I have begun looking for a DAP that does allow this. However, in my research I've yet to find such a device. Does anyone know of an audiophile/hi-res DAP that allows Media Center to create and manage its playlists? Or is it the case that, in our increasingly phone-centric, lo-fi world, the idea of managing the playlists (a la iTunes/iPod) of a hi-res device via a PC is considered so quaint that no manufacturer will make one at any price?
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It's called JRemote (app) for the iPhone/iPad/iPod...
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Always enjoy a facetious (?) reply. I am in fact a user of JRemote on an iPod touch, but as I assume you know, that's not what this thread is about.
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Always enjoy a facetious (?) reply. I am in fact a user of JRemote on an iPod touch, but as I assume you know, that's not what this thread is about.
Sorry :)
Playlists are usually nothing more than text files. I've used MC to export playlists and then to use a batch text editor to find&replace pertinent formatting. This worked for the media player that came with my 2013 Audi and was able to put my entire library in my car. A similar workflow should work for any player...
HTH :)
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I do the same for my AK120.
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I've used MC to export playlists and then to use a batch text editor to find&replace pertinent formatting.
Thanks for elaborating. I've read about people doing that sort of thing. However, expending that amount of time just to create a playlist—something that I do with some frequency—is a dealbreaker for me.
Why makers of these audiophile devices are offering them with such @#$% UIs is beyond me. Is it really that cost-prohibitive to develop a decent UI when you're selling your devices for hundreds of dollars?
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Thanks for elaborating. I've read about people doing that sort of thing. However, expending that amount of time just to create a playlist—something that I do with some frequency—is a dealbreaker for me.
MC will export a variety of playlists. It could be that one of them will be formatted appropriately without the extra editing, or a minimum of editing. Personally, I found that I spent a lot more time creating the playlist than I did editing it to work properly...
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MC will export a variety of playlists. It could be that one of them will be formatted appropriately without the extra editing, or a minimum of editing.
I appreciate the suggestion, but I'm skeptical that it could be done without the extra editing, and even the need to do only a minimal amount of editing is sufficiently objectionable to me, as a matter of both practice and principle, that it's a deal-breaker. I'm willing to use a high-price/low-benefit DAP, but not one that requires me to live as if I've returned to the 1990s.
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Hi Riparius, my AK240 works fine with MC.
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JRiver playlists work with my LG V30. Granted its a phone but is has a very good DAC and headphone amp. Many people buy these just to use as a DAP.
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Hi Riparius, my AK240 works fine with MC.
I've just come across your reply, thanks. I have to ask, though, does the AK240 interface have the same problems that I reported here in regard to another A&K device: https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,109686.0.html (https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,109686.0.html)
If the AK240 has any of those problems, then it is not my idea of a DAP that "works fine" with MC.
BTW, when I attempted, several times over a period of weeks last year, to communicate with A&K, I found their support to be non-existent. Others have reported the same.
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I looked at a few DAPs a couple of years ago, including the AK Jr and frankly, I just laughed.
If I was looking for a high-end solution now I would find a suitable rechargeable battery powered USB DAC AMP that was compatible with an Android phone. Pair that with a good App on the phone that handles playlists from MC, digital output to the DAC AMP, and I would have a responsive quality interface with great sound, all be it with a large device profile.
I recently changed to an Android phone, and selected the Sony Xperia XZ Premium partly because of its better audio handling. It is enough for me at the moment. If I wished to have Hi-res audio on the go I could add one of the Sony USB DAC Headphone Amplifiers (http://www.sony.com.au/electronics/headphones/t/headphone-amplifiers). Not cheap by my standards (note that is an Australian site) but certainly high quality and compatible with the Xperia range.
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I looked at a few DAPs a couple of years ago, including the AK Jr and frankly, I just laughed.
If I was looking for a high-end solution now I would find a suitable rechargeable battery powered USB DAC AMP that was compatible with an Android phone. Pair that with a good App on the phone that handles playlists from MC, digital output to the DAC AMP, and I would have a responsive quality interface with great sound, all be it with a large device profile.
I appreciate your thoughts on this, but I was hoping to find a DAP in the form of a single, small device.
And, yeah, the AK Jr is laughable (as my review of it in the other thread indicates), though at that price, the joke was really on me.