mikMPD vs Penta CDX

This requires a running MPD server on your network. More information about MPD and how to configure it can be found here: https://www.musicpd.org. mikMPD should work with other MPD implementations as Mopidy, OwnTone, Chord Poly etc. Album art (fetched from MusicBrainz/CoverArtArchive), synced lyrics (via LRCLIB). Browse by albums, artists, genres, or playlists with search filtering. Album and artist detail views include Wikipedia summaries. Play or enqueue entire albums/artists with one tap. Playlists — Full stored-playlist support: browse, rename, and delete playlists. Radio — Built-in Swedish Radio streams (SR P1–P4 Göteborg) plus custom station management with persistent storage. CD — Play audio CDs directly via cdda:/// URIs with per-track control. File Browser — Navigate the MPD directory tree. Single-tap enters directories, double-tap plays files. Swipe actions for add/play. Search — Concurrent search across songs, artists, and albums with debounced input, batch selection, and album art thumbnails. Queue — View and manage the current playlist. Double-tap to jump to a song, drag to reorder, swipe to delete, clear all, toggle consume mode. Outputs & Partitions — Toggle audio outputs on/off, switch between MPD partitions, create and delete partitions, move outputs between partitions via long-press context menu. Multiple Servers — Save any number of MPD servers and switch between them with one tap. Nearby servers advertising over Bonjour/Zeroconf are discovered automatically and can be added directly. Passwords are stored in the Keychain, and the last-used partition is remembered per server. Listen on Phone — Stream audio from an MPD httpd output directly to the device via AVPlayer. Configure the stream URL per server, then toggle "Listen on phone" in Now Playing. Supports background playback with lock screen metadata (song title, artist, album art) and lock screen transport controls. Snapcast — Control a Snapcast multiroom server from the More tab

Penta CDX-5 turns your iPhone or iPad into a five-disc CD player — the tactile hi-fi component you grew up with, rebuilt for your Apple Music library. Open the deck, browse your albums, and drag a disc into the spinning carousel. Load up to five at once, then play, skip, seek, shuffle, and repeat from a machined transport bar. Every detail is here: the fluorescent display, the motorized carousel spin, the power-on self-test, and the satisfying clunk of a disc dropping onto the spindle. FEATURES • A real five-disc carousel — load, spin, and swap discs by hand • Plays your Apple Music library in full, with real album art on every disc • Jewel-case browser — tap an album, open the case, drag the disc out to load it • Magazines — save a set of five discs and reload the whole cartridge later • Favorites, whole-library search, and on-demand Apple Music catalog search • A vacuum-fluorescent display with track, time, and format readouts • Customizable display colour, meter style, and spin speed • Favorites and saved magazines sync across your devices via iCloud • Procedurally synthesized sounds — every click, whir, and clunk is generated live PENTA PRO A one-time unlock that adds the full phosphor-colour set, the analog needle and combined VU meters, a gentle readable spin, the minimal readout, and unlimited saved magazines — plus every future Pro upgrade. The free deck plays your whole library with no limits; Pro is just for the collectors. Penta CDX-5 is a labour of love for anyone who misses physical media. Requires an Apple Music subscription for full playback.