Meridian Unplugged - Powered by MrTechGuy.co.uk Forums Discussion Meridian - Streaming Sooloos Tidal

I think I'm going to stick with basic Sooloos for a bit longer. Meanwhile, to retain some Tidal MQA access (via Audirvana on my old Mac Mini), I was thinking about the iFi Nano iOne to act as a USB to digital converter and then into my 218. Any thought or alternative suggestions?

Brian

My thanks to Russ (Ratbert) for his helpful input and his kind offer.

Brian

Like others I think this is really disappointing by Meridian. I previously had a G95, so should have learnt my lesson about Meridian commitment to customers then!!

I bought the MC200 (and AC200 and M6) to primarily play Tidal and control it through one app. As a temporary fix I am using an old Blusound streamer, but that means I have to separately control the AC200 and the streamer, and also have a drop in sound quality. I don’t want a Roon system (cost and inconvenience of running a separate computer unnecessarily), so advice welcome on the options that I have. The other rooms in the house have Naim systems, and the most obvious route is to use a Naim streamer. Views and advice would be really welcome.

A Meridian 210 will integrate well with your AC200.

Then, attach a USB HDD containing your music library to the UPnP (USB) input of the 210.

Download something like mcontrol for Android/iOS on the tablet of your choice for music playback - and for accessing Tidal/Qobuz.

Hi thanks for such a quick reply. That is really helpful. I have thought about the 210. My MC200 is only 18 months old, so I resent paying Meridian another £800, particularly if it is just storing up more expense later. I have Naim and Blusound systems and streamers that have all managed the Tidal change perfectly, without any issue at all, so feeling very disappointed by Meridian.

Mark,
I feel the same way.
Meridian will never see another $$$ from me.
They were supposed to have a relationship with Roon. One would think they would have paid Roon to fix the Tidal log in problem.
After all they (Roon) are the folks who developed Sooloos. But perhaps I'm wrong, after seeing how Meridian treat their customers they may have no relationship at all.

In some cases with recent retail Sooloos purchases such as the MC200 and Control:15, I have been told that the dealer and Meridian (at least over here) will provide assistance with the change over to Roon. This of course will be handled on a case by case basis as all situations will be unique. As most other endpoints can continue to be used with Roon, such assistance may not apply. Engage with the dealer that you purchased your equipment from to see how they can help.

Thanks for that advice Bruce.

What are the options I have using the following:
218 to DSP6000 24/96, QNAP TC251(Tidal Sooloos library-no ripped CD)
I would like to keep using Sooloos if I still can use my Tidal library

I do not know what to do.

Thank you!

Just for information, and I appreciate that this mere fact is not of much help to many, but my Sooloos on my QNAP core continues to work with Tidal. If anyone who understands the changes that Tidal have made at a technical level has any observations or theories about what may explain this I would be most interested. Is it, perhaps, that my IP address has not changed and at least one of my several devices has always remained logged on to Tidal (which includes my Roon core as well as my Sooloos core)?

I don’t know for sure, but I suspect your music server has been given an authentication token that is still valid with Tidal...

Thank you for the response. I am sorry to say that concepts such as authentication tokens, how I get one and how easily I may irretrievably have one taken away are beyond me, but it sounds a bit risky. Any advice on how I can not inadvertently lose it?