Melco Audiophile NAS

[Martin H]

Right I will have a go at this but finding the right words to convey the difference in sound is always a challenge for me

I should say that logically, even now, I am sceptical about exactly how much difference to the sound the Melco should make. I understand (just about) the theoretical points of uplift but it still seems unlikely that these should make a significant difference and one that would make me ditch my otherwise awesome NAS server (note: only from a music perspective) and lay out more cash. Surely that would be dumb huh? Read on . . . .

Again apologies in advance for my clumsy words.

Listening to all of the above tracks there seems to be more space around each instrument and voice that brings an extra tweak of clarity. The most noticeable differences were on Hotel California (live version) where the opening guitar just pops into perfect focus and also on Superstition where the magical opening beats are now perfect. Moving up to Exakt put the sounds right and somehow (don't ask me how) the Melco just tweaked the timing putting the whole thing into the sharpest focus. It sounded great before but now it is even better.

The words that I want to use are timing, space and sharp focus. I read another post somewhere that mentioned the background was blacker (or something like that) and I hadn't understood but I do now.

To context all of this. If you are moving up from a cassette player or are happy with the sound coming from your 'tranny' (different connotations these days but hey ho) then this isn't your first purchase. But if you appreciate not only the tune but the clarity of the music/sound then I would urge you to listen to a demo because it appears to be one of the more affordable uplifts around - the N1A.

Many thanks to Hamish at Sound Organisation (York) for allowing me the time to demo this. Shameless plug but they are awesome (no connection just a happy customer).

Now excited to try the Minimserver release as soon as it is ready. Life is good