Originally Posted by Crion
From a business standpoint, why invest further into the 2.x codestream? I don't see the point. If you put that development effort instead to run Roon on Meridian hardware with say an on/off button in the Meridian branded Roon App for example then that would actually make sense.
This statement assumes that you prefer Roon over Sooloos. It is possible that Roon will not suit everyone, be that the product, the subscription model, the change in perspective when looking at music, the possible additional investment newer technology possibly needed to run it, or simply, Sooloos 2.x does everything that the user wants, the only thing missing is reassurance that it will be actively maintained (people want to know that it will support MQA, when Tidal is no longer the flavor of the month, something else will take its place on Sooloos) rather than end up on care and maintenance.

As someone who looked long and hard at swapping out their MC200 for a dedicated Mac mini, decent audio endpoint and music server software, I could not get the numbers to stack up even before taking into account any cost for music server software. I guess an Intel Nuc would be a cheaper option, but still Sooloos just works, the other options require fiddling.

So for me, I will be disappointed if Meridian did not put a bit of effort into keeping Sooloos 2.x current.

Meridian owner since 1992
Prime & PSU, Focal Elear headphones, Roon (ROCK 8Gi5 NUC), Explorer 1 & 2, F80. 200/203, various Sonos (via Roon).