It's significant and interesting that in one fell swoop Linn have dropped CD entirely from their manufacturing plans and marketing lexicon to go whole hog to served music and products. No staged migration path - just a night/day religious conversion.

I'm interested in the dichotomy that Meridian has between continuing to promote and develop CD transports/players and at the same time have Sooloos co-exist.

What will be better - an 808.2 playing single disks or a Meridian sauced-up Sooloos using the served music model?

I guess by now they will have Sooloos M-sauced-up in the lab and possibly/probably, if Ivor T is right about the inherent flaws/limitations in CD media and playback, out-performing a latest-spec 808.2. If that is the case, then how will they handle the promotion of CD transports/players vs. served music via Sooloos - from a playback quality perspective?

It seems to me that they'll get to a point where they can't have their cake and eat it...

One other point, if you were in the market for a Meridian top-spec music playback solution, would you buy an 808.2 now or wait for a (probably?) superior sauced-up Sooloos with all the attendant other benefits?

It would certainly make me hesitate to buy an M spinner...

Zander

Last edited by Zanderbarfly; 2009-11-20 12:37. Reason: Typo
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