08.19.2008 — Sooloos has expanded its media server capabilities and will be showcasing the hardware and software at CEDIA Expo 2008 (booth 390).

Software upgrades enable better integration with Apple and other third-party systems, as well as more control options for the company's PC-based Control:PC.

Users can now control Sooloos media servers from any iPhone or iPod Touch that has access to the same wireless network as the server.

Sooloos servers can also be controlled by Crestron and related third-party touch panels with Crestron Text and Overlay Modules.

Sooloos Ensemble

The Sooloos Ensemble offers four stereo unbalanced RCA outputs and one S/PDIF digital out, providing users the ability to simultaneously listen to multiple Sooloos feeds in different rooms.

Ensemble's removable drive bay can accommodate up to a terabyte of storage, and users can add Sooloos' Control:One 17-inch touch panel or interact with Ensemble through third-party control and PC-based solutions.

MSRP is $3,500.

Sooloos Twinstore

The new Sooloos Twinstore is a single chassis with two removable drive mechanisms that can accommodate up to a terabyte of storage each. With Twinstore, primary and backup drives for Sooloos can reside in a single enclosure.

Sooloos is also now offering hard drive purchase options. Ensemble, Twinstore and all other Sooloos storage components are now priced without drives, enabling dealers and customers to add whatever storage fits their needs.

Sooloos offers drives at commodity prices ($350 for a 1TB drive, $175 for a 500GB drive), or the dealer/customer can install their own from any source.

MSRP for Sooloos Twinstore is $2,500.

Sooloos Import:One

Another new device, Sooloos Import:One is designed to simplify the process of importing CD collections to a Sooloos server.

Import:One is a 25-disc autoloader that connects via USB to any computer sharing a network with Sooloos. Users load the tray with 25 discs, hit "import" and "return" when it's done.

Sooloos' Control:PC software handles the technicalities of the import process.

MSRP for Sooloos Import:One is $800.

Control:PC

Control:PC is a PC-based application that can control the media server, import files to it, export files to portable players, edit metadata and provide manual backup and restore.

Control:PC can now facilitate CD importing to Sooloos from other computers on the home network, as well as from the Import:One 25-disc autoloader.

The user interface for Control:PC has also been redesigned.