Melco Audiophile NAS

[DavidHB]

(13-12-2014 23:48)simoncn Wrote:  I would also be very interested to know the answer to this question. Apart from the SSDs, the main difference seems to be the power supplies (potentially quite significant). The N1Z also has a Linn Klimax-style thick aluminium case.

Yes, I finally got round to identifying these differences when I re-read the product descriptions. I agree with you about the power supplies (the advertised difference is in the capacitors); these certainly have an effect in analogue systems, but the question remains as to why they should be significant in a digital context. I'm not sure whether the solid case has any effect on the sound, or is just engineering bling. But you have a Klimax, I believe, so you are a better judge of that than I am ...

(13-12-2014 23:48)simoncn Wrote:  There is also a lot of space in the Albert Hall and it was used very effectively by positioning a few musicians (a mixture of vocal and instrumental, different for each piece) in remote locations at varying distances from the main stage. Very effective and an experience I will never forget. It puts the limitations of any hi-fi system in their proper perspective.

I certainly agree with you about that last. There is no way that any hi-fi system will ever be able to re-create the psychological impact of a live performance. What it can sometimes do is enable one to recall that impact. I attend a fair number of services in our cathedral, which has a particular (no, let's be honest, peculiar) acoustic. Recordings made in the cathedral, when played on decent equipment, immediately 'take me back' to that particular space. If I didn't know the place, I suspect that the acoustic would just seem weird.

David