breadman

If you follow the link to their (Light Harmonic) website and click the link to purchase on amazon, they are on sale for $495 which is a lot less than $1299. So it looks like they need to reduce them by 62% to try and sell them, so giving them away seems like a good option

play-fi is okay but I think Roon is better and it works will all my other stuff, including a squeezebox touch. if I operate play-fi from my phone and it rings it shuts off the stereo. I think a big company like Mcintosh would want to be as flexible as possible. I like the look and quality of sound out of the MB50 streamer but find play-fi annoying.

I have borrowed a MB50 streamer that uses PlayFi and it is my understanding from the research I have done that PlayFi products do not work with Roon. I haven't found a way to make it work. There is also no PlayFi desktop version for Mac and that is another issue with the PlayFi system to me.

When do you think McIntosh will support Roon?

thank you, i won't hesitate to preorder one now. paul

i have been keen to find out more about the auralic aeries. do you know it to be a squeezebox touch killer or should we wait and see? thanks, paul