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Dpstjp

I wonder if and when Sooloos will go the same way?

Russ

Russ,

You give me the creeps suggesting (wondering out loud) Sooloos will disappear.

To me it is still working wonderful and fulfills my musical needs completely, I would be horrified...

Cheers!

I sincerely hope that Meridian continues to make streaming endpoints, with improved capabilities (MQA, 192kHz/DSD, multichannel etc)!

Likewise, and I have an 818v3 to confirm my commitment, I was speculating on the software?

Russ

I can't disagree with you Russ.

M make great hardware, and we ought to thank them for making the QNAP Core software available, but can they really compete with Roon?

Now that Roon handles Internet Radio there's little left.

Russ,

Are you speculating that Sooloos v3.0 won't happen, as had been previously promised? I was holding off on Roon until seeing what v3 might bring.

Hi Ian

My understanding is that what was being described as Sooloos 3 became Roon after the parting of the ways of the original Sooloos developers and Meridian last year.

Updates on Sooloos since the split have been to release the TouchPC interface and the core for the QNAP along with maintenance updates, the Roon developments have been significantly greater in my opinion and they have some very interesting things in the pipeline.

I am just putting 2+2 together and probably making 5, we will see. You should try the free trial of Roon and see what you think?

Cheers

Russ

As previously posted with regard to the Tidal / Sooloos / C15 bug, Meridian Support clearly verbally stated that the "fix" would be included in the next iteration of Sooloos SW.

"Desperately Seeking Sooloos".

Hector

Thanks Russ,

I was rather hoping that Sooloos v3 would meet my needs. I do have a Mac Mini that I could put Roon on as it's dedicated for TV (and underutilized). However, we have fairly frequent power interruptions in our rural setting. We have a back up generator with automatic transfer switch and Sooloos is typically back up and running automatically. Since SWMBO is the heaviest user, this level of robustness is very desirable. I should probably invest in a UPS, then rebooting the Mac Mini would be less of an issue.

I seem to recall that there were special deals for Roon early on. Do they tend to have any discount specials?

Hi Ian,

... They did do a discount promo before xmas I think. Keep an eye on their forum.

I Run RoonServer on a Mac mini as a login item so once the power button is pressed ... Roon is almost instantly available. Very high WAG

M

Roon just announced an update that's very considerably. I wonder if M has decided that it's just not worth competing? Roon works with M products and can use the MC/MD units as well.

Also, I wonder if M has revived the MC600, as its still listed on the site.

Yes, the new Roon 1.2 release is a major step forward, Internet Radio, a small form-factor iPhone app, stability improvements (used to crash on my iPad-haven't seen a crash since the upgrade)

Also they released portrait mode with iPad pro. Close to being happy again after my Control:10 went zombie mode (not Roon's fault).

I suspect Sooloos is in bugfix/maintenance mode.