Hi Ken
To me, that rant was just a case of the "squeeky wheel" getting the oil

My best advice would be to simply sign up for a trial using an old email address that you probably have [or your wife's].......[this way you can then sign up for a proper trial whenever you feel your "hardware" is ready [as per your first post]]

On any Laptop or Desktop, simply point Roon at the Music folder where you currently have your Library [Classical and non-Classical]

Leave it to run for 1-2 hours and then come back and observe the results

See what Roon does with your Library........Classical and non-Classical........and judge for yourself

I have approx 1,500 Classical Albums.......and I'm quite happy with what Roon does with these Albums and interactivity and cross-referencing it provides.

As long as Roon [and its Databases Sources] can recognize the Album in question, then Roon does a very good job in pulling in all the appropriate Metadata.........if AMG et al don't have the Metadata, then it sometimes can be an effort to get the album recognised.........but there are options within Roon to allow it to use the Metadata that it finds embedded within the Track files

Try it and see what you think yourself

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