Sooloos music server: Anyone hear, anyone a dealer

When I was in the Sooloos room I overheard a conversation between two people, one was totally buzzed by the looks, convenience and "modern" approach of the Sooloos system.

I was speaking with another gentleman and commented that the price seemed way out of line for the performance level it provided. I suggested an Apple iMac and rack of outboard HD's and wait a year or two for touch screens to appear at Micro Center or Best Buy.

He agreed and said that was exactly what he had purchased for his own home.

The guy that was buzzed about the Sooloos looked shocked and walked away. I found out that he had recently purchased one from a dealer and waiting for delivery.

I felt bad, it was not my intention to rain on his parade but at least two of us in the room were thinking the same thing and the guy I was discussing this with was part of the demo.

The main appeal is its user friendly touch screen interface and perhaps convenience...the fact that you can buy all the music server components in a single product line.

I'm finding though that with a decent DAC, it is not hard to get very good sound for not much cost.

I'll do that when the time is right, I'm keeping a close eye out on the market. There are lots of super buys at places like Micro Center where they sell a HP or other laptop at a screaming deal and you just add a Buffalo array and DAC and good to go.

I'm an Apple guy, so it would be even easier for me if I could snag a good deal on one of their laptops.

I still think touch screen is just a heartbeat away, I saw an HP ad on TV the other day that had the feature, so how far behind can the rest of the guys be?

Once the super user-friendly touch screen is common, the market will be flooded with cost busting options to do it yourself with a server.

Here's the HP demo at YouTube. I've not tried it in person but it sure looks flexible and it's really easy on the eye too.

HP Touchscreen