Melco Audiophile NAS

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(15-11-2025 20:46)Donuk Wrote:  I can confirm, connecting an N1, S100 and Adot as Simon does, results in an small improvement.
I slightly prefer, however, using the optical link between my S100 and Linn KDS. It also serves to isolate my streamer from my router which is connected to the S100. Which means I employ my N1 in 'direct' mode, using it simply as a NAS.
The things we do for hifi…..
Donuk. York

Simon and Donuk,
I have been back and forth with the Sonore&SGC people on the subject of fiber switches and SFP modules in the course of troubleshooting an unreliable opticalRendu. Net result was that sound quality does improve with the optical links (I also confirmed this with the Lumin L2) but seems dependent on just which switches, modules, and even fiber, you choose. I got just enough experience with this subject to view it as quicksand, which will probably draw me back when I have more time to lose. Meantime, the opticalRendu never became reliable with Bubble and MinimServer.