Sooloos music server: Anyone hear, anyone a dealer

In my opinion the Sooloos is not intended for someone who want fidelity. It is for someone who merely wants the presence of music everywhere. I concede that it is better than the Ipod and looks nice. I just looked at their webpage--good styling, nice pictures, and very little about fidelity or even how the system goes together.

Hi, I have played and heard the Sooloos System. The sound quality with a high-quality DAC is awesome. Not to mention the easy access to the music. I will gona buy one, as soon I have the money. Cheers, Silvan

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'm with you. The Sooloos is very expensive.

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.

For an easy and low cost of entry solution, I'm doing it via a wireless connection with a fast Toshiba laptop with a large disk built-in and Windows MEdia Player, a Roku Soundbridge, a mhdt Paradisea tube DAC, and decent but not exceptionally expensive ICs.

I have over 1300 songs available on the server currently (ripped from CD in just a few minutes each) and room for 2-3 times as many at least more. Total cost, including laptop PC, Roku, DAC and ICs: ~$1700.

The sound is fabulous!

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