Where does the ID40 card fit in?
Does this count as Sooloos core? or if you had a ID40 card do you also need a Control:10, Source One or Ensemble?
i.e. can a system be TwinStore, ID40 and iPad application?
It does seam a bit of a waste (cost wise) that Sooloos needs a specific netwrok storage device (i.e. the TwinStore or Ensemble) would be better (to my mind) if you could use a standard NAS. �2,000 for a 2-bay NAS is rather excessive unless I'm missing part of it's functionality!
Eloise
ID40 is the highest quality way to retrieve music from the Sooloos.
No it won't run a core.
So yes you would need in addition a Control:10, Source One, Or Ensemble.
The problem with the standard NAS is that the Sooloos has no control over the files stored on it or what else on the network might be changing or accessing it, which makes it less robust and complete as a system. They don't even give you 'shared' access to the music on the Sooloos system, music must be exported to additional NAS first, and then shared to the rest of the network from that if required.
A recent Sooloos update has changed its stored music file structure from a single FLAC for an album, to seperate FLAC files for each track, this wouldn't have been easily achievable if the system used a generic NAS.
Go and have a good play with a system in a dealer, I think it is easier to accept the 'flexibility compromises' once you have seen it in action.
Rick
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