Melco Audiophile NAS

[beckphotonik]

(09-12-2014 18:59)simoncn Wrote:  When I connect my player to the network using the dedicated player link of the Melco NAS, there is a very noticeable change in the clarity and transparency of the music. I hear this difference with MinimServer running on the Melco NAS and I hear the same difference with MinimServer running on some other NAS elsewhere in my network, as long as my player is connected to the network via the Melco NAS. This confirms that the benefit is caused by something in the Ethernet connection feeding the player rather than by the hardware running the UPnP server.

If this is correct, a bigger market opportunity for lesser cost would be for Melco to produce a dedicated audiophile 3 port switch to "clean up" the output of any old NAS before presenting it to the streamer.