Why I VERY nearly didn't Renew my Membership

[Paulb (Paul)]

Roon has seemed to focus on automating collection management. I understand the idea - deliver your organized collection on a silver platter so you don’t have to do anything – however that is not my style. I want exactly what I want and I am willing to spend hours and weekends to make it so, if the software supports it.

Exactly. I like the automatic collection management. But would like to have the control, too.

So many little things would make Roon a much better experience, …ability to annotate albums and search those notes globally.

Unfortunately, there is not much progression in experience as well
What comes into my mind, was @evand’s post which points the problem in meta and experience, from July 2017. At that moment @Sloop_John_B pointed out there was not much change in metadata for about a year and a half. Since then not much has changed on that level.

Getting back to Roon's core purpose

From Roonlabs.com: The music player for music lovers Forget everything you know about music players. Music is an experience, and Roon reconnects you with it. The problem In the transition from physical to digital media, something has been lost. We have more convenience than ever, but no feeling of excitement or engagement. The solution Roon looks at your music and finds photos, bios, reviews, lyrics, and concert dates, and makes connections between artists, composers, performers, cond…

Before someone think’s: aah Statler & Waldorf! No I Roon.