Melco Audiophile NAS

[simoncn]

(28-02-2016 00:08)dan46 Wrote:  Thanks Simon,
Been reading a lot online on the control point looks like I can run a switch to join the Melco Direct and Streamer, this works fine (but adds a switch).
Then add into the same switch laptop via Cat6 and use that to play the files via laptop app/library software.
Will test this bit next.

This should work but you are losing the sound quality advantage of connecting your streamer directly to the player port of the Melco. I think the sound quality of your proposed setup is likely to be worse than connecting your laptop to the switch or router that is connected to the network port of the Melco.