jRiver Media Center limited period offer

[Vijay_s]

Here is a mail I received from jRiver, thought of sharing if someone interested. 2 year back when I bought jRiver JIM offered a special discount for India.


Good Day,
Our special price offer is coming to an end. Read on to see how you can save a few bucks.

SPECIAL PRICES THROUGH AUGUST 15
We've extended the special price on JRiver Media Center for 5 more days. If you were too busy to take advantage of the special price, this is your last chance. You'll get a license for MC17 and MC18. Details are here:
Upgrade to MC18 - JRiverWiki

THOUSANDS HAVE UPGRADED. THANK YOU!
If you're one of the many who have purchased, we're very grateful for your confidence. Thank you! When the early edition of MC18 is available, we'll let you know. It won't be long now.

TWO FOR ONE SALE -- BUY NOW, GET THE NEXT VERSION FREE
Buy MC17 now (new or upgrade) at a reduced price and receive MC18 free when it is released. MC17 is fully mature, and the early editions of MC18 will appear soon.

YOU'LL BE GOOD TO GO WHEN MC18 ARRIVES
When you buy MC17 now, you will receive an MC18 license that works with both MC17 and MC18. When MC18 arrives, you can just install it and let it upgrade your MC17 library and settings. Please consider helping us shape the next version. JRiver welcomes user input. Check our forum to see how to participate.

UPGRADE FOR $18.98 OR PURCHASE FOR $44.98 THROUGH AUGUST 15
If you own a previous version, it's just $18.98 for an upgrade. It's $44.98 for first time purchasers (the regular prices are $26.98 and $49.98).

IF YOU HAVE NOT PURCHASED MC17
Just download and install JRiver Media Center 17. When you purchase it, you will receive an MC18 license that works with both versions. Upgrade prices will apply if you have a previous version installed and licensed.
JRiver Media Center - Download

IF YOU ALREADY OWN MC17
If you own MC17, you can still take advantage of the pre-release special price on MC18. Just visit: Upgrade to MC18 - JRiverWiki Whether you purchase or not, you can upgrade to the latest build of MC17 by visiting the download page above. Just download and install. Your data will be unaffected.

NEW MC18 BOARD
The MC18 board is now open for business. You can follow the development here:
Media Center 18

Whatever you decide, we hope you enjoy your digital media the way you want it.

Best regards,

JRiver

P.S. If you purchased MC17 after July 10, 2012, you have already received an MC18 license. Just install MC18 when it is available. Thanks.

 

[musicbee]

Any pointers on settings?

I find no improvement over Foobar.

 

[Vijay_s]

There are far more options and DSP settings available for jriver. I mostly use its DLNA capability and android remote by jriver.

 

[musicbee]

There are far more options and DSP settings available for jriver. I mostly use its DLNA capability and android remote by jriver.

Downloaded the trial and played with it the past few days. It offers resampliing above 192,000 Hz but that setting does not work on my system. Otherwise I can get the same 192,000 Hz at 24-bit on Foobar with the Sox resampler.

I don't even want to enter into the merits/benefits/placebo effects of upsampling/resampling.

Other DSP FX are also comparable to Foobar and MediaMonkey... sorry no offense to you but I don't see or hear anything worth the $44.98.

Amarra I've heard and it definitely offers an improvement. I've also heard the Spatial Computer and that's in a different league.

Seems the good folks at J River are only ripping off customers with the promise of better sound and what's worse its not even a lifetime license with lifetime upgrades. From what I read one has to purchase a new license for each new version or upgrade from the previous purchase.

I'd recommend people staying with Foobar which does it better and for free!

 

[hydra]

I messed around with JRiver for a quite a bit too. I gave it 5 days of listening and then switched back to Foobar to compare. No difference to my ears. Also, I prefer the way I've set up the Foobar interface, to the feature bloat of JRiver. And, you can't beat 'free'.

 

[bhagwan]

Any pointers on settings?

I find no improvement over Foobar.

Sir,
I am not computer savvy & my understanding is limited.
All said, what I find to work best with J River is :-
Output @ 25m/s & Wasapi Event Style.
These you will find in Options / Tools.
Do try & let me know what you think of it.
Also set playback from RAM if possible.

All the Best !

Regards,



I have tried to add a screen shot from my machine - if that helps.

Lots of my 'audiophile' friends prefer J Play - I did not like it.



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[musicbee]

Sir,
I am not computer savvy & my understanding is limited.
All said, what I find to work best with J River is :-
Output @ 25m/s & Wasapi Event Style.
These you will find in Options / Tools.
Do try & let me know what you think of it.
Also set playback from RAM if possible.

All the Best !

Regards,



I have tried to add a screen shot from my machine - if that helps.

Lots of my 'audiophile' friends prefer J Play - I did not like it.



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Thank you sir.

Settings already enabled = WASAPI - Event Style @ 10 ms/s.
Playback files from memory also previously enabled.

I am not contesting playback from J River is not good. It is good. But same output and settings also possible from Foobar so its not worth to pay $44.98 for version 18 and then again pay upgrade fees for each subsequent version.

I have tried JPlay and did not like it myself.

I did like Amarra but I'm not a Mac enthusiast.

 

[bhagwan]

Thank you sir.

Settings already enabled = WASAPI - Event Style @ 10 ms/s.

Sir,

10 m/s

Brilliant;

I cannot manage more than 25 - how do you do it ??

 

[musicbee]

Sir,

10 m/s

Brilliant;

I cannot manage more than 25 - how do you do it ??

I have no idea sir (please stop calling me sir). It just shows up for me in Output Mode Settings.

I am running Windows 7 64-bit on Intel i7-2600K with 16 GB RAM.

JRiver Media Center version is 17.0.182.

No treatment of any kind... just an Asus Xonar STX Soundcard with digital out to M1 DAC.