Hello Dom,

Carl mentioned the Ensemble with respect to swapping drives and it automatically reformatting them but he did not mention that the Ensemble is also another option for you to consider if you want a budget entry level into a MDMS.

It has a user removable hard disk that can be up to 2TB max in size and has the required core the same as the MD600, only it is way cheaper. The Ensemble is an original Sooloos (pre-Meridian) product so the digital audio out will not be as good as the new MC200 c/w 1TB hard disk but the original MC200 c/w 500Gb hard disk is selling around the same cost as a secondhand Ensemble. You will gain 1.5TB of extra storage over the 500Gb version of the MC200. Another bonus of the Ensemble is that it has four extra analogue zones.

The Ensemble can then be controlled with an iPad or iPhone with album covers viewable on the iPad Meridian Core App.

Cheers,
Steve

PS: The "S" in "MDMS" stands for "System" so you have a stutter in your title grin

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