Melco Audiophile NAS

[Peter@57m]

(08-04-2015 12:43)Mihaylov Wrote:  

(07-04-2015 20:43)Peter@57m Wrote:  The Acoustic-Revive LAN Isolator (RLI-1) has arrived - I ordered it on 1 April and came today 7 April AND this included 4 days of public holidays for Easter - so very prompt delivery (reached UK on 4 April)

I have been comparing it with:

1) QNAP - MinimServer - NetGear GS108 switch - KDSM/1
2) QNAP - MinimServer - NetGear GS108 switch - Acoustic-Revive RLI-1 - KDSM/1
3) QNAP - MinimServer - NetGear GS108 switch - Melco N1A* - KDSM/1
4) Melco Twonky - KDSM/1
* Melco is just being used as a LAN switch

OK. Try this option :
5) Melco Twonky (LAN socket) - NetGear GS108 switch with/without Acoustic-Revive RLI-1 - KDSM/1
and compare it with 4) Melco Twonky - KDSM/1 and you will know how good a built-in Melco N1 switch. So you eliminate the influence of different media servers (Minimserver and Twonky).
Moreover, in 4) SMPS of NetGear GS108 switch must be turned off.

So I was looking to try your suggestion and thinking about how I'd move things and cable them. Then I looked at your option 5) with/without RLI-1 and option 4) is the same as my 1) & 2) and 3). The difference is that 1), 2) & 3) use QNAP MinimServer as the source whereas 5) and 4) use Melco Twonky as the source.

So rather than move things around and re cable them, I will predict that I would have found the order in preference to be 4) then 5) with RLI-1 and last 5) without RLI-1. As Martin H said in his post, I am just enjoying the music. I will wait to do further tests until I have MinimServer on the Melco.