Melco Audiophile NAS

[Peter@57m]

I heard one one these at Bristol HiFi show in the audioquest demo room. The guy there was using his own Klimax DS1 with the Melco N1A as the source. He was raving about it. Also had a chat with Melco at the show.

Was in the back of my mind, then starting seeing the posts on here and on Linn forum.

The went to the dealer, and you can guess the rest.

It arrived today and I'm currently listening with it as a switch connected to my network and feeding my Klimax DSM/1 from MinimServer on my QNAP. As Simon said in his original post, its clearer, blacker background, more punch... There are many ways to describe it, but its definitely better for me in my set-up.

I've been treating myself recently with upgrading my Klimax DSM to the DSM/1 after a back to back comparison at my dealer (I know Linn say its better but wanted to make sure for myself). I would say the improvement is at least as large with the Melco as that upgarde, perhaps more. And its half the price. Of course the upgrade did allow me to get my old board in a Klimax DSM Renew at a ridiculously low price. And its possible I'm only hearing that much improvement in part due to the DSM upgrade.....

Hoping to get MinimServer on the Melco as I prefer my custom indexes and I would like transcoding. Will then do a comparison of QNAP passthru vs Melco. Even if it ends up just a switch (with a backup of my music) it will be a good investment for the price.

PS: just updated firmware to V2.0 - allows you to turn off the display - yes!