Meridian Sooloos or Qsonix? which is better?

Hi Suteetat,

Thanks for the information on how QSonix handles opera and classical. Your points about box sets and gapless play are really helpful as I, too, am most concerned with how the various music servers handle classical music. Having played a bit with Sooloos, I have the impression that it might fare a bit better however, the functionality of grouping (play all movements of a piece together) seems to be lost when you use the iPod interface.

I understand that Qsonix has closed down. Anyone has any info on this ?

You are better off to get Sonos and use a reclocker on your good system to a DAC like Metrum Octave or Wired for Sound DAC2. Other Sonos can be without reclocker. A lot cheaper and actually better SQ, as well as whole-house audio.

http://www.sonos.com

You can use any computer you want with Sonos. Rippers will be better than either of these servers too. Use dbpoweramp or XLD to rip CDs.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio

I know that they moved to Newbury Park,CA from their original Westlake Village location; which is near where Constellation Electronics is being made....this move was around 1.5 years ago...I've not heard that they closed down; their local dealer to me did not mention this when I was in two months ago; they are still showcasing the Qsonix as their go-to music server. I have not received any auto system upgrades to my software though in a while; I'll dig deeper, and report back.

Your digital source will impact the sound so I'd try both in your system through your dac. I've heard significant differences in sound by switching between different transports and digital streaming/computer sources feeding my Simaudio 650D dac. I thought a good dac would make all digital sources sound the same but this is not so.