Melco Audiophile NAS

[malkit]

(15-11-2025 15:21)simoncn Wrote:  Thanks for sharing this. My Melco N1A media server doesn't have a fibre optic port, so I have connected the Ethernet cable to an ADOT media converter to send the stream to the fibre port of a Melco S100 switch. This provides a small improvement in sound quality, which seems consistent with your results.

Hello again Simon, I was trying to pick my way back through this thread without much joy to find other Melco users experience of trying to achieve better sound than I am currently experiencing From my N1A which is connected directly to my router by ethernet then via USB direct to Hugo TT2.
I see you have an S100 switch which is one of the options I've been considering as an upgrade and was wondering if you still use your N1A via it's USB player with S100 or if you have you experimented with any streamers other than the built in Melco player?
Options I've been considering are either adding a good streaming transport from the likes of Lumin or Auralic or going down the network switch route myself and would be very interested in your opinion which direction you feel is likely to offer the best bang for my buck.
How would you describe the improvement from adding the S100 into the mix with your N1A?
Thanks in advance.