Melco Audiophile NAS

[simoncn]

(13-12-2014 18:17)DavidHB Wrote:  Perhaps we're all too nice Seriously, it would be good to know what other folk think.

I hope they will be as open-minided as you have been.

Quote:Which version are you testing? If it is the HDD version, is it suitably free of mechanical noise so that it can reside in the listening room?

It's the N1Z (SSD version) which is fanless and completely silent.

Quote:Melco is a brand of Buffalo Technology, so the effort that has gone into improving the network behaviour of these devices should come as no surprise. What is surprising, to me as to you, is that it should have such an effect on SQ.

It's actually the other way round. Melco is the parent company and produced some serious hi-fi products in the 1970s/80s before they created the Buffalo brand and headed in a different direction.

Quote:Is this by any chance the second Eliot Gardiner recording (made in St Mark's, Venice)? If so, I understand exactly what you mean, and this is something I would love to experience.

Yes, that's the one. I have Gardiner's first Vespers recording on LP and the second is clearly superior. I was fortunate enough to be at the Proms for Gardiner's live performance on the penultimate night in 2010, so I know what it really sounds like.