MERIDIAN’S AWARD WINNING DIGITAL MEDIA SYSTEM NOW WITH INTERNET RADIO


Meridian, Britain’s leading specialist manufacturer of high-end audio and video entertainment systems introduces Meridian Sooloos 2.1. Offering a series of interface enhancements, the award winning Meridian Sooloos Digital Media System is now even easier to use and provides the user with yet more ways to organise their growing digital media collection.

The latest evolution of Meridian Sooloos incorporates key components including a dedicated iPhone application, continued interface enhancements and multi-zone synchronization. In addition, the integration of Internet Radio brings exciting possibilities to enhance the user’s experience.

Meridian consistently refines the user experience for its customers and these updates clearly define Meridian Sooloos 2.1 as the leader in the reference digital media system category. With the world’s fastest, most powerful touchscreen interface, the Meridian Sooloos Digital Media System offers the power to browse hundreds of thousands of files with unrivalled speed, allowing instant access to one’s entire music collection in a simple yet  sophisticated package. Luxury shoppers should not have to sacrifice mainstream features for reference quality performance. Meridian believes its customers should have it all at their fingertips.

“We dedicated the necessary resources to build upon the superior Sooloos platform, to make the ultimate user experience even better,” Bob Stuart, Meridian’s Chairman and Chief Technical Officer. “Staying true to the brand, it was crucial to incorporate Meridian ingenuity with the Sooloos product offering. While Internet Radio seemed obvious, we needed to ensure the supporting system would maximize the opportunity this feature brings. And in the future, we will continue to refine the platform as new features emerge.”

Finding new music or finding music once forgotten is an important part of listening, the Meridian Sooloos Digital Media System with Internet Radio delivers class-leading navigation and a listening experience instantly accessing the huge number of stations available globally.

The Internet Radio function is organised and “curated” to identify and present the highest quality and most-respected stations in all genres, helping customers find stations they like without wasting time.

Among the other key features in the latest update, users will find a dedicated iPhone application-- providing handheld control of the Sooloos system from anywhere in the home. With no configuration or set-up, just download the Meridian Sooloos iPhone application from the Apple App store, install it on an iPhone or iPod touch, and have handheld wireless control of the system throughout the home.

Additional support for third-party control services such as Crestron allow even better integration with the industry’s leading control companies. New interface enhancements create a cleaner, more elegant approach to browsing and displaying the music library - all part of Meridian Sooloos’ ongoing commitment to leading the industry in refining the user interface. And added sorting features organise the collection according to how often you listen to albums, and also allow sorting by audio quality to separates mp3s from full quality files.

The focus on a system rather than on individual products is in line with Meridian Audio’s ethos to provide customers with complete audio and video solutions.

An entry system with a Control 10 Touchscreen and Ensemble is available for a suggested retail price of £7,000.