RS150B won't index Various Artist compilation albums but RS151 will

@ROSEHAN

Hi, it’s very disappointing to hear that an issue first reported in July 2023 - yes, that’s about 29 (twenty-nine!) months ago - would need to go on Early Access version first.

I don’t want to have to go through the hassle of using EA version and then having to switch to the Official Release, without clear indication of any timing either.

Listening to music shouldn’t be that complicated and yet HiFi Rose does its very best to make it so.

It all goes back to the person that originally designed the legendary Rose Connect App.

What a software genius this person is, someone who clearly had a very unhappy childhood and a terrible time at school.

So much - thinking about all the issues your users have reported here over the years - has derived from that original and awfully poor Rose Connect App structure and design.

Do you remember all the terrible bugs and gremlins that were part of the CD ripping process that you had to fix, despite claiming that your equipment would rip albums perfectly? I went through an absolute nightmare because of that.

Imagine how much hassle you would have avoided and how many other users you would have delighted with a better App…so particular thoughts go once again to the original App designer…he/she clearly deserves a special mention in the history of your business.

I have been asking, for more than 2 years, for a simple fix, not for another 6 months (who knows how long more…) of having to wait, asking politely for an update, and now being told to use one software version and then another and so on…

The truth is that - on this specific issue - it took you to hear the same problems from one of your retailers to decide to - finally - do something about.

Why do you treat your users this way?

Isn’t 29 months a long enough wait?

Or perhaps, despite all your proclamations about listening to your users, improving the software side of your business, as Hi-Fi Rose, you still don’t have enough software engineers to help fixing something that has been outstanding for so long?

You position yourself as an international company, but then you still behave like a small and badly managed corner shop.

There must be an equivalent in the Korean language, but - in English - there is an expression that best capture the feelings of these repetitive communications to you:

Only Beggars Can’t Be Choosers

The saying “beggars can’t be choosers” means that people who are in need or dependent on others for help must accept what is offered without complaining, as they are not in a position to be selective or picky about the quality or type of assistance they receive. It’s a reminder to be grateful for any help, even if it’s not ideal, because desperate situations often leave no room for choice

Despite having paid top $$$$ for your equipment, we are all Beggars here and - as such - we can’t be choosers.

That’s correct, HiFi Rose, isn’t it?

Allesandro,

I don’t know who made the original software design. That person, I think we can all agree, wasn’t very good at designing intuitive decision trees. Unfortunately I believe that HiFi Rose subcontracts its graphic user interface and control software. As Apple knows, the GUI is everything when it comes to usability. Result: lack of responsiveness for error corrections and poor design. Anybody who has tried to outsource software design knows that they lose control of the process. For example, try looking up in the user manual what the “three dots” do? User manual for the software? There isn’t one. That was an option they didn’t buy from the subcontractor.
I don’t fault HiFi Rose for starting out that way. When it was a hobby, cost controls were essential. Now it’s a business. It needs to be brought in house and upgraded to current good standards.

Honesty in communications with users would improve things a lot. Despite promises and years of “We’re working on it” the communication with users hasn’t been straightforward. Take for example Qobuz Connect. Years of “we’re working on it” or “it’s hard” and then finally “You have to buy another box”. This must have been known from the beginning. Not good.

This is maddeningly frustrating since the hardware and general design concepts are so very good.

I feel your pain.

StandardModel

Two years and a half to fix something so obvious in the way the legendary and equally diabolical Rose Connect App reads metadata, only to be told that fixes will go into a EA version first and that a further wait will be necessary until this is resolved in the official version (and besides, no clear indication given of when that time might be!)

If one of Rose’s retailers had not raised here what was originally reported in 2023, nothing would have happened, something which is even more painful to record.

Why? Because this company hasn’t got the resources to hire enough software engineers to fix - in a timely and responsive manner - all the bugs that users here have reported in the past and continue to report now.

Perhaps they can hold the fix until July 2026, so that - all in all - it’s a 3 years wait.