Melco Audiophile NAS

[Peter@57m]

(01-04-2016 19:51)davek Wrote:  

(31-03-2016 12:01)Peter@57m Wrote:  If I were to do this in my setup, I would have to switch back to full network access to load music to the Melco,

I don't know how you load files to the Melco (from a NAS maybe?), but can't you access files to load to the Melco from your computer via the travel router?

To do that I would have to connect the travel router wifi to my main wifi which would then, I believe, expose the travel router to all the spurious network traffic that this setup is trying to avoid. So I could either temporarily connect the wifi or more easily just swap the travel router cable on the back of the Melco for a normal router cable. This will also give faster thransfer than wifi.

Yes I maintain all my music on my QNAP and then use a utility to copy anything that's changed to the Melco.

I have given the Melco a static IP address so I can load a playlist to the DSM and then unplug the LAN port. Probably need to do more listening but I'm struggling to hear a difference between having a cable in the LAN port or not. This surprised me as I can hear a difference between different cables connecting the Melco to the LAN. Or at least I think I can