Ok, so this is where I've landed for now:
- The Tidal integration is a success! It sounds awesome.
- Goodbye local CD rips. I only need storage for exotics and highres files locally.
- Expect that this disappears with advent of MQA.
- Two risks on that:
- Dependent on Tidal on content and realistic pricing. Would be much better if Meridian opened up the eco system.
- Adoption of MQA.
In line with that, the added value of the ' core' products is pretty much end of life. Assuming Meridian and/or Roon finds a way to connect to the endpoints directly from the cloud.
Remarks from Roon seem to suggest this is already the case.
- Until the new stuff is out there I can't sell my MC200
- My 861v6 doesn't have a decent USB in at the moment and it requires a wait till the new revamp and me hoping I can get away with simply adding a new ID29 version which adds USB high res in and MQA (as I am happy with the current level of performance and don't want a full upgrade).
- But, although there of course will some residual value, I expect MC200 to go extinct based on both the intel here and, more importantly, the whole cloud movement, which means I have mentally had to write it off (and I need to consider moving to a QNAP NAS for future storage).
The overall silver lining though is that I have this hope that the resulting mix of Roon and Tidal with my 861v6/ID40/MQA & USB enabled ID29 combo will be awesome:
- great sound
- all the music in the world without me putting effort into ripping etc.
- awesome music quality through MQA
- and last but not least, excellent, 2020 style, user interaction experience, with great discovery etc. etc.
Just sad it is going to require patience and a very big deal of blind faith to get there.
A little bit more light on the Meridian roadmap would go a very long way to keep things going in the meantime
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