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ot i know , but do the blue Meridian cables come with a g68 in the uk

Neil,

Mine did.
Cheers,

Ed.

All I can tell you is I have 36599 items in my itunes library and it does not seem slow to me- and Im not patient.

Ronnie, good points. Supposedly Kaleidescape has a great classical music interface. I have not really tired it though as I tend to listen more to rock type music.

To me quality of audio and video produced is the main issue here. Sooloos is obviously convenient but as this thread states there other good and cheaper options.

a@a early in the thread highlighted this end point quality matter and like me wonders what Sooloos will produce eventually beyound the convenience. He has 8ks and therefore knows the M quality output. I have 7200s with the 808.2 and also know that quality that I cannot compromise for convenience.

After insufficient consideration of a@a RHurley has recently referred to the importance of the quality of the end product with what we see and hear.

The issue is can M with Sooloos produce a playback product with the quality to match or even exceed M's current top components. I hope and expect so, otherwise I will do it "the old way" to maintain the quality and continue to put a disc in their player.

This is obviously good news:

It gives an indication of the financial stability that Meridian believe they have and, more importantly, a third party company believe Meridian have. The accounts of both parties are likely to have come under close scrutiny of both parties, far closer than the guesswork that people on this forum provide.

Both parties are likely to see a benefit of the other party, even if, in the case of Sooloos, it is financial security. For M, it shows their first tangible proof of them embracing server technology.

It opens up the possibility of more choice, especially for those users who, like me, had never heard of Sooloos before.

A Meridian Music server was never going to be cheap. I can only hope that the new collaboration will bring a synergy to entice customers to both product platforms.

Well, this is fantastic news. The Sooloos system is very impressive and surely Meridian will be able to make something extraordinary by adding their audio and transmission skills.
I guess it answers my earlier question about which server system goes best with Meridian.

After having a Sooloos now for a year and a half, I didn't really see it as much as an audiophile component as a way for non audiophiles to enjoy a large music library, which I talked about back in the review. Obviously, plugged into an 808i or 808.2i it's a completely different ballgame!

I think with Meridian behind the Sooloos, it will not only get the benefit of their digital expertise, but the financial backing for this product to remain solid in the years to come.

Having spent a lot of time with quite a few other music servers, I'm as happy with the Sooloos as the day it arrived for review. My wife spent about ten minutes with it (and she is an anti-hifi person, who also loved the DSP7200's) and said "we're buying this thing, right?"

Whenever your wife gets that excited about hifi, it's a good day.

OT: Guys, more interested in the movie side of things, than music. Appreciate K is top of the tree at the moment and Sooloos sounds promising. Has anyone had much to do with Nivues Media systems and what are your thoughts? Unfortunately I don't have $15k to splash on a Sooloos or $30k on a K system, but can pick up Niveus for under $8k. I appreciate it is Vista Media Centre, but Niveus appear to be doing some smart things with the interface.

Does anyone have an opinion on the quality of audio and video of a Niveus system and capabilities to fit into a 2.35 video system. Should I keep holding out and hope either Sooloos or K offer a more affordable system? Ideally, I want to be able to store DVD/Blu-Ray and further down the track, downloads.

Apologies for going OT, but thought people reading this thread would be the most knowledgeable audience to answer.

Cheers,

Chris

Chris, you can pick up a K system for 8-10k, have a look over here for people selling them:

http://www.kscapeowners.com/forums/

Thanks Jerry,

... but Im located in Australia and our dollar sucks as a result of the recent economic downturn. Add to the exchange rate, freight, taxes, lack of support etc, USD$10k is more like $AUD20k and will still be further than where I want to be placed. Plus I'd really prefer to be able to rip all movies I own onto the system, Blu-Ray included.

Hence the question about Niveus. I do like the look of Sooloos.

Cheers,

Chris

Picture of the internals of the Source One.

http://forum.stereophile.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/1714/size/big/password//sort/1/cat/501


Whoops !

Left to right it looks like a power supply, standard ITX motherboard and RME soundcard. You could build it for less than $1000.00.