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Correct, we index the file folder structure in a flat file database in the background and pull individual file metadata when an action is performed on the specific track (adding to Favourites, Playlist, Playback, etc.). Our music server component is built upon MPD, so much of the data handling is based on that core software.

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Andrew

I'll pass your specific questions on to our programmer, but in the meantime you could investigate the possibility of integrating your control calls with a standard Linux playback client for MPD. I'm sure that volume controls would be easy to access and one of the great aspects of our system is that it is open source. We welcome programmers and "under the hood" types to experiment and add their own features to our platform, some of which might be of general enough interest to add to the official distribution.

Thanks,

Andrew

This is a very interesting question and it speaks to one of the core features of our system: flexibility. Within a complete Apple ecosystem, a single AxiomAir could simply be treated as an AirPlay speaker, playing back audio from your iPhone, iPad, or iTunes. You use the interfaces you know and are familiar with and there is no learning curve. The only addition here is fantastic audio quality. However, what if a friend or relative visits with a new song on their device that they really want you to hear, and it happens to be an Android device? You could certainly connect the device to your computer running iTunes and copy over the file, add it to iTunes, and play it back over your existing interface (I won't comment on the legal copyright aspects of doing that!). Hopefully the file is in a format that iTunes can deal with...something like FLAC would need to be converted first, or a plugin added to iTunes. All pretty clunky compared to just streaming the song over uPnP to AxiomAir directly! The other benefit is multi-room. The AirPlay standard does not support multi-room or sync, except in a rudimentary manner from iTunes 10 onward. A whole home system of AxiomAirs can simply connect to your existing iTunes music folder and provide seamless, in sync, whole home audio. So really the choice is in your hands, AxiomAir is flexible enough to allow you to choose how you want to use it.

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Andrew

Thanks, Andrew, that all makes sense to me. Do you know yet what the upgrade path and costs will be for existing LFR preamp/amp/DPS's?

Just tried the site from my smart phone. Very good job in making it pretty and usable from a phone. Pass my congrats to you designer.

Here is a link to a video with Andrew explaining the features of the interface

AxiomAir Interface Video

Ian or Andrew, have you figured out how to run a family of curves for the AxiomAir? If so, are you using a DSP in the product to shape the response?

Being that this model of the AxiomAir is a pair of M3s we had most of the hard work already done. We do the family curves based on one channel at a time without the use of a DSP.

I can honestly say it's the best front end to MPD I have ever seen. Software is rock solid but most of the user interfaces are really old school looking. Nice work!

I see :-)