I find it interesting that the John Buchanan document keeps getting brought up. That was a communication to the dealers and was not meant for public release.
That's incorrect. JB posted a long roadmap piece on this forum targeted at customers.
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But surely there are certain things they can announce?
It was 2014 when MQA was announced, the post of John nearly 2 years ago now, and the info was appreciated. Sure not everything happens, but with news we know that Meridian are thinking of customers they already have not just new customers.
Shame the Sooloos PC app never arrived, but we do have Roon.
But they could say, we are working on an update to the GXX or a new AS200 or whatever, so we know it is worth sticking with the brand and not trying new gear.
You can tell by the threads discussing alternative speakers and by the some of the sales threads that people are wanting to try MQA so considering jumping ship. If they just said "We are working on a MS200.2, and it will still sound great with non SE speakers" I think it would settle a few nerves.
Maybe that is what they were talking about? It was around the same time as John's post on here that I was talking to someone about Roon etc. and they said the Sooloos software was coming to the PC.
I thought that was a brilliant move, meant people could try it out by just purchasing an endpoint.
But surely there are certain things they can announce?
I agree with you. Sorry, I posted this in a hurry without much explanation. Mel_Moon seemed to suggest that some of the disappointment about delivering on a roadmap voiced here was based on reading an HQ-to-partner (i.e. quasi internal) communication. I wanted to point out that Mr. Buchanan had posted a Sooloos roadmap of sorts on this forum.
While it may not be as audiophile as some topics, I can't help thinking that Meridian would get a lot of interest out of simply putting HDMI directly into some of their processors and enabling HDMI-CEC.
Even if they went down the Naim route and stuck a single HMDI ARC port on it would go a long way to making for a modern system which can integrate into a lounge.
M make stunning speakers, but using a G65+HD621 together is frankly messy and should be unnecessary in this day and age.
A proper HDMI capable processor suddenly means that a range of really fantastic speakers moves into view for a large audience of people who have to combine TV and listening into one area. CEC would mean they could simply turn on the TV and get great audio, hassle free. I'd say great WAF (should that be Spouse Approval Factor), but frankly I want that too. I don't want a bundle of remotes sitting around, especially when one is a funny shape...
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