Hi Madman, thanks for the post.

These units look very similar to the Hermstedt HiFidelio Music Server. Perhaps they are both distibuted by parent companies, in the same way Elan and Xantech are. I intend to store the unit in a rack away from the main listening area and control the interface by touch screen (probably Xantech). Although I will use play lists, my preference is to find a unit that allows search by Album Cover, including losless, sounds good, quality unit, etc, etc.

Mark, yes, I am very tempted by MS MC and J.River looks good (I also like the look of Meedio). The only thing holding me back is that the unit runs on MS (I am using Mac and don't really want to have to introduce a PC into the environment) and I am concerned how good the quality of reproduction will be out of PC outputs. The intention of the media server is to compliment the Meridian system I am purchasing.

Thanks all for your comments, but I am still not 100% decided and shall continue to wait until I see something that inspires me in the same way Meridian does. Yes, I am fussy smile

I know the perfect box, Kalidescape, but it does not currently support audio and I don't have US$30K to drop on the unit. I am looking for something that costs more around the US$3-5K mark.

Cheers,

Chris

3x DSP5200 L, R and C (all vertical), 4x Triad Silver in-wall surrounds and 6x Triad Silver in-ceiling ATMOS speakers, Triad Silver subwoofer, Denon AVR-X8500H, JVC DLA-7500 4K projector and Screen Research 120" AT 2.35:1 screen.
Apple TV 4K and Oppo UDP-203 Blu-ray player.