Sooloos music server: Anyone hear, anyone a dealer

Hey all...I actually own a Sooloos system with 2 terabyte capacity. The attraction is basically interface, ease of use, capacity (with back up as well), touch screen, et etc...its simply the best there is. Building your own PC based system is fine but for those like me its a huge headache and note book based systems do not give terabyte capacity...which is important for the likes of me who have thousands of CDs and expect them to grow continually (& want to record in lossless quality). To be sure there are solutions around this.....

As for sound quality, best to use an external dac. I have mine connected in my home theatre/music combo system in the living room....connected to my McIntosh pre-pro, though I am considering inserting a better external DAC.

Two things which are not mentioned above which I find very valuable

1. The interface is so easy, the screen big enough, and given the LAN connection to the server u can have the screen pretty much right nxt to you sit...all this convenience leads to re-discovering your music library. Music servers, PCs etc all have this but the market leading ase of use make this even more inviting for investigation etc.

2. Its so easy to use and touch screen is such a complete hook that anyone uses it. Everyone in the family enjoys and when I have guest over, everyone ends up trying to putting their own favorties in the playing que. Just a LOT iof FUN.

re sound Tbg...I think its a matter of DAC in this case, though the Memory player make claims otherwise....I don't think though it offers terabyte capacity and its mainly supposed to be CD player that uses cache memory? In any case, the main difference shld be the DAC. Adding an external DAC is the way to go...indeed I think as music servers or PC based audio more popular, the external dac with multiple inputs will make a comeback. The only real drawback agst Sooloos is price IMO, but for me its worth it.

I bet at CES Sooloos did not use an external DAC and just used its own internal DAC...which is unlikely to be that good despite advertisements otherwise. My recollection re Memory Player is memory space is quite limited, really not an access/archive system but claims of better than CD quality (advantages of hard disk etc which is arguable, I'm not getting into that debate!), and its internal DAC capabilities...and not cheap either. Blue Smoke I have no idea.

I agree w/ Mroctave. And its not about styling per se...u dont know how much value added until u actually use it. U rediscover your own collection of music...and that's what its about. Yes its a shame it doesn't have top quality dac, yes its shame it doesn't have a top notch clock, but there are stand alone products to solve this.

Albert, I agree that there will lower cost Sooloos like servers coming our way...I just cld not wait. LCD panel prices are plummeting and will do so more again over the next yr as there is excessive production capacity in Asia where most of them are made. The same thing can be said for memory.

However, I do think the Sooloos interface and touch screen is vastly more convenient than a notebook PC based solution, Mac or PC. I find a bigger screen makes things easier to access and browse, the Swimming function excellent, and available memory of course is vastly bigger.

Lightminer...I do exactly that...that's my pt. But I also know its question of money so was trying to contribute the discussion in another manner.