Just spoke to a dealer who thinks it should be available by the end of October and that a beta is doing the rounds for dealers to test. It is a QNAP plugin and the reference to under £500 concerns the MS200.
T
Lounge: DSP33's, MS200, QNAP (Storage and Core), G68D, HD421 Family Room: DSP5000 Kitchen: F80 Portable: Explorer2
My comment was meant to direct that the dealers of Meridian equipment may well not appear where the discussion is about using a QNAP sever instead. No criticism of dealers was meant or implied. Having said that the input from Meridian PPs has dropped off over the last few months. Which is a shame.
It is quite a departure from the typical entry price point of the rest of the Sooloos range. If I were a dealer with stock of C15's I might not be shouting from the rooftops about a £400 endpoint.
Exciting times for everyone else though!
T
Lounge: DSP33's, MS200, QNAP (Storage and Core), G68D, HD421 Family Room: DSP5000 Kitchen: F80 Portable: Explorer2
Meridian are in the process of upgrading the QNAP plugin they currently provide, so that it will not only function as a Sooloos 'Store' but also a 'Core'.
It has only just been offered to dealers to Beta-test so should be on general release soon after.
The implications are that to run a Sooloos system you will just need a (specific type of*) QNAP NAS, and then a Sooloos Endpoint, such as MS200, MS600 or ID40/ID41 card in 800 series. Dramatically reducing the cost of entry into Sooloos land to £499 for the MS200, plus the QNAP of course.
Think of it as a 'home brew' MD600.
Cheers,
Rick
* The type of QNAP is yet to be confirmed, but I expect like the current plugin, it will require an Intel based x86 device.
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