Melco Audiophile NAS

[simoncn]

(17-03-2016 13:33)dan46 Wrote:  Yes and it is certainly a head scratcher. I can talk to the library via the LAN but this has no control over playback of course. The app would need to communicate with the N1A directly somehow (say bluetooth, or another way) to allow this to happen I would imagine.
Sharper minds would need to be at work certainly, shame my 272 can't also talk to the NAIM app allowing for this control of the library while in the direct mode. I'm trying workarounds but not much joy so far.
In Network mode everything is working fine, plenty of apps (Kinsky, NAIM and more) all work fine as the Network is all connected, but in Direct Mode this is not applicable. Hmmm...

Do you have any evidence that Direct Mode sounds better than Network Mode with a suitable switch and a suitable N1 confguration (static IP address)? My experience has been that Network Mode can deliver the same sound quality with the correct setup.