The 'browsability' from a handheld device is not exclusively up to JRiver I guess, but also to the manufacturers of remote apps like JRemote. Or at the minimum be able to stream these services through JRiver on both Windows and MAC. I would be great if you could somehow "browse" your Tidal or Spotify library from JRiver and play it. I would rather just maintain a playlist at Tidal or Spotify vs buying, storing, and then organizing music that is largely stuck at home. Tidal and other services have now largely fixed that, I can't see myself buying too many more songs. I have been migrating over to streaming and the only reason I have not made a complete jumps is because of the lack of hi-res content(CD and above) streaming. We will always have our songs on music servers we own and JRiver plays those well, but has a lot of work to do on the integration of music streaming services that appear to be taking over.
I hope JRiver keeps up with the changes out there and adapts further the ability to be part of music networking setups. With Tidal and other services offering higher quality streaming, I have really stopped buying music and going the subscription route. One could say - just do your Airplay thing with MAC, but that does not give the best quality and also I don't have any Airplay devices on my network anyway. I understand you can do this with Windows with the right configuration. I would also like to do with with services like Pandora, etc. BUT - with services like Tidal starting up, I want to be able to stream Tidal to this DAC and use JRiver as the output on my MAC. I currently have an expensive DAC that I stream to over my home network via JRiver works great for music I have bought. I have spent a lot on my stereo and can hear drastic differences in sound quality based on how I route my music to the stereo system. I have been a Windows user my entire life and continue to be, but use MAC for music server duties after a few tries with custom fan-less PCs. I have heard MAC usage as a music server is it a much higher percentage(than the general populateion) because MACs, as a whole, have better hardware and are quieter. Many audiophiles have a MAC mini/MAC laptop they use to stream/play music off of(many Stereophile reviewers included). I am an audiophile as I suspect many of your customers are.
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