dCS Mosaic Control

I like the app and certainly love the system, but there is so much room to improve on the app. It is hard to find your favorite artists, albums, and songs because you can’t sort. Everything is listed as it was entered. The list of albums under an artist could have more details and filters. Most things listed as albums are singles.

Well written, thoroughly thought out and regularly updated. This app is intuitive to use, full featured and includes everything needed to operate dCS’ networked products. It has what can be thought of as “two sides” operating simultaneously: a hardware control part and a music services part. All of the features of my dCS Vivaldi DAC and Upsampler are found in the first and everything you could want beautifully implemented in the second. For those who like to use Roon, both can be run simultaneously allowing Roon’s music control with dCS Mosaic’s hardware control. Roon is definitely not required but doing this is an option. In fact, this app includes Spotify, Deezer and USB interfaces as well as Podcasts which Roon does not. Of course, you can play downloaded files as well (MinimServer suggested). If only the rest of the world were like dCS …

Mosaic is by far the best first-party app that I've used in the last decade. Most are either an afterthought to their hardware counterpart, or become abandonware. I have no reason to even entertain roon. Mosaic is fast, sleek, and user-friendly. Allows one to get to one's music quickly and then graciously gets out of the way. Queue management is fast and intuitive. Color me impressed!