Aurender Conductor V4 17+

Not sure if it’s the app, the newest firmware (as of January 2024) or both combined but half the time they don’t talk to each other and the A10 doesn’t wake up (and I need to turn it off then back on). I never had those issues before. Some of the added features (multiple selection) are clumsy. I have to use V4 as I stream Tidal max, otherwise I’d happily revert back to v3 which worked much more reliably.

Compared to most other apps of its kind, Conductor is still top tier. I did not, however, find V4 to be an improvement over V3 (Legacy). V4 seemingly lost the “Restore Filters” feature when re-opening or returning to the app. As a result, the app does not revert to your previous place in a particular folder or album. Instead it returns to the top of the “All” folder and requires a manual return to your location in the app before having gone to another app or allowing the app to “sleep.” The changes to certain user interfaces, like clearing the queue and adding to the queue seem a bit more awkward. And the alphabetic scroll bar on the right-hand margin does not seem to work reliably. All considered, I much prefer V3 of Aurender’s Conductor app.

A definite improvement over V3. More stable and fewer bugs. However, it is very contextually sensitive. You need to play with it to learn how each button affects the menu or screen you are in. For example, it only shows radio station genres, not my favorites. To see my favorite radio stations I need to go first to Qobuz or Tidal, press the Songs button, Favorite songs then appears in Qobuz or Tidal. Now access the Radio and you are in your Radio Favorites station list. Is it a bug? I think not, it’s just very context sensitive.