Reviews
Anandtech
"For those wanting things to work out of the box, JRiver Media Center 17 is highly recommended. I usually only recommend free open source software for HTPC users (except for Blu-ray playback, where there is no alternative but to pony up for one of the software Blu-ray players). However, a majority of HTPC owners don't have time to play around with different codecs and their merits and other settings. Codec packs were designed to solve this problem, but they have a tendency to mess up the system even more. JRiver Media Center 17 is a $50 player with self-contained filters (which can be further configured, if necessary). It also has a mode in which it can use system filters, but that is not of interest to us in this section. JRiver's Red October initiative enables users to enjoy LAV Filters and the madVR renderer out of the box."
Anandtech May 7, 2012
Computeraudiophile
Computer Audiophile February, 2012
Hifi & Musik magazine February, 2012
Best Sound at Show, Cost no Object, CES 2012
Mentions:
In September, 2009, the audiophile site 6moons published a JRiver Media Center review as part of their Weiss Minerva review.
6moons.com again (2nd paragraph)
Rolling Stone, April 28, 2011, page 107