Melco Audiophile NAS

[cohiba0]

Hello Simon,

I just got a Melco N1A. Could you please PM me the instructions for installing MinimServer because I'm already having issues with the Twonky server. Many thanks!

Kind regards,

Stephan

[davek]

Hi Simon,
I have the N1A now connected to the PS Audio DSD Bridge II via ethernet and the sound is incredible!
However, I can't stream a DSD signal to the Bridge, it is DoP compatible, but I can't stream DoP via the
ethernet on the Melco. I was told this is a Twonky issue and Minimserver can offer that option. True?

Can you send me the minimserver install as well?

Also, regarding different HDDs, are there any boot or operating programs residing on the drives I need to copy,
or can I just swap them out?

Mihaylov, thanks, I tried the Lumin app but it does not recognize my ethernet renderer (PS Audio Bridge II).
I've been using the mconnect app which seems stable.

[Peter StreamMagic]

(19-02-2016 19:15)davek Wrote:  Hi Simon,
I have the N1A now connected to the PS Audio DSD Bridge II via ethernet and the sound is incredible!
However, I can't stream a DSD signal to the Bridge, it is DoP compatible, but I can't stream DoP via the
ethernet on the Melco. I was told this is a Twonky issue and Minimserver can offer that option. True?

Can you send me the minimserver install as well?

Also, regarding different HDDs, are there any boot or operating programs residing on the drives I need to copy,
or can I just swap them out?

Mihaylov, thanks, I tried the Lumin app but it does not recognize my ethernet renderer (PS Audio Bridge II).
I've been using the mconnect app which seems stable.

I think this is because the PS Audio is not open home

[Mihaylov]

(19-02-2016 19:15)davek Wrote:  Also, regarding different HDDs, are there any boot or operating programs residing on the drives I need to copy,
or can I just swap them out?

You can just swap them out. It is possible to use two disks of different volume with recommended mode Spanned, but surely two.

[davek]

(19-02-2016 19:47)Peter StreamMagic Wrote:  

(19-02-2016 19:15)davek Wrote:  Mihaylov, thanks, I tried the Lumin app but it does not recognize my ethernet renderer (PS Audio Bridge II).
I've been using the mconnect app which seems stable.

I think this is because the PS Audio is not open home

And that is probably the reason why the Kazoo app doesn't work in my system as well. Thanks for the heads up.

[dan46]

Hi Simon,

Another Melco N1A owner, PM just sent for the install instructions.

Regards
dan46

[dan46]

Has anyone managed to install MinimServer and get the Melco to work via direct connection? Without a network I can't seem to get an app working to navigate the Music Library.
Can I get the Melco to playback directly to streamer avoiding networking, does MinimServer allow me to do this?
I tried the LAN from Melco to network and direct cat6 into streamer, Linksy found the library ok but would play the files directly. In network config I have zero issues its just getting direct to work with a better way of accessing the Music Library.
In direct mode the library is seen on the streamer and can only be controlled via its own front panel, which take an age.

Thanks.

[simoncn]

(25-02-2016 14:08)dan46 Wrote:  Has anyone managed to install MinimServer and get the Melco to work via direct connection? Without a network I can't seem to get an app working to navigate the Music Library.
Can I get the Melco to playback directly to streamer avoiding networking, does MinimServer allow me to do this?
I tried the LAN from Melco to network and direct cat6 into streamer, Linksy found the library ok but would play the files directly. In network config I have zero issues its just getting direct to work with a better way of accessing the Music Library.
In direct mode the library is seen on the streamer and can only be controlled via its own front panel, which take an age.

Thanks.

MinimServer can't help with this because it is a UPnP server, not a UPnP control point. The good news that you don't need to worry about this if you set things up correctly. The important setting is to use a static IP address on the Melco instead of DHCP. WIth this setting, there is no network traffic between the Melco and the switch while music is playing from the Melco HDD and the control point is not being used.

[dan46]

(25-02-2016 21:55)simoncn Wrote:  

(25-02-2016 14:08)dan46 Wrote:  Has anyone managed to install MinimServer and get the Melco to work via direct connection? Without a network I can't seem to get an app working to navigate the Music Library.
Can I get the Melco to playback directly to streamer avoiding networking, does MinimServer allow me to do this?
I tried the LAN from Melco to network and direct cat6 into streamer, Linksy found the library ok but would play the files directly. In network config I have zero issues its just getting direct to work with a better way of accessing the Music Library.
In direct mode the library is seen on the streamer and can only be controlled via its own front panel, which take an age.

Thanks.

MinimServer can't help with this because it is a UPnP server, not a UPnP control point. The good news that you don't need to worry about this if you set things up correctly. The important setting is to use a static IP address on the Melco instead of DHCP. WIth this setting, there is no network traffic between the Melco and the switch while music is playing from the Melco HDD and the control point is not being used.

Thanks Simon,
Been reading a lot online on the control point looks like I can run a switch to join the Melco Direct and Streamer, this works fine (but adds a switch).
Then add into the same switch laptop via Cat6 and use that to play the files via laptop app/library software.
Will test this bit next.

[lyapounov]

(12-02-2016 21:09)simoncn Wrote:  

(12-02-2016 17:20)malkit Wrote:  Hello Simon.
Another new N1A owner here, would you please be kind enough to pm the instructions for installing MinimServer?

I will.

Quote:I also have a question for you. I'm deciding atm how I'm going to set up the Melco I was planning to use it in raid1 configuration but I noted another user a few pages back stating that both he and you felt the N1A sounded best configured as a spanned array.
My question is if this is truely your opinion and if so was the comparison done using N1A as a renderer, nas or both?
Many thanks in advance.
Matthew

I didn't do a direct comparison myself but from offline conversations with the other user together with my own experiences I am convinced that the sound is better with a spanned array. It should be fairly easy for you to do a comparison yourself to check whether you agree wth this. The N1A was used as a NAS with a Linn KDS or KDSM connected to the N1A's player port.

In that case, you do not have any more redundancy. As the AFR (Annual Failure Rate) of HD is not zero, the probability you loose data is not zero as well... I had a look at the N1A user's guide, they don't mention how you can replace HD. I feel safer (maybe wrongly ?) with my Synology in RAID mode...