Forget iPods. For the rabid music fan, a Sooloos offers everything that hardcore audiophiles could want.
Manufactured by the New York company Sooloos LLC, the Sooloos is a computer that creates compression-free digital music files. By forgoing compression, Sooloos claims that its music files are of a far higher quality than an MP3 file or another type of music file on a PC or an Apple Mac computer.
The Sooloos system also stores high-quality versions of album art. Users choose music through a touch-screen that organizes music based on album art. Sooloos can also be adapted for the storage of video and photography.
The price of a Sooloos starts at $7,900.
Sooloos LLC was recently acquired by a British maker of top-end audio equipment, Meridian Audio Ltd., for undisclosed terms. Meridian, which has its North American headquarters in metro Atlanta, called on the Atlanta office of Seyfarth Shaw for legal counsel on the acquisition.
Seyfarth partner Brian Gannon was lead corporate and intellectual property counsel to Meridian. Seyfarth partner Alex Drummond handled labor and employment issues. The Atlanta accounting firm Smith & Howard PC advised Meridian on tax issues.
Cooley Godward Kronish senior counsel Russell Berman in New York advised Sooloos co-founded Enno Vandermeer, Gannon said.
The audio equipment made by Meridian isn’t too shabby, either. Meridian, founded in 1977, makes a wide array of CD players, speakers, amplifiers and tuners. Meridian also makes DVD players, video projects and related software.