Melco is a brand launched by Buffalo, a major Japanese NAS manufacturer. It specializes in the Hi End audio market and focuses on the High Resolution Digital Music Lipary field. Currently, the only product under its umbrella is music server. Melco said that because it must be streamed to listen to high-resolution music, in order to enjoy the best recording quality, which is unmatched by CDs.
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Most digital players on the market do not have a built-in hard disk. If you want to play music, you must grab a storage device in the network domain, such as a NAS or other computer. Melco N1A is a music server. It contains two 3.5-inch 2TB hard drives with a total capacity of 4TB. Traditional hard drives will vibrate during operation. Melco has also noticed that a suspension mechanism has been added to the hard drives as shock absorbers. Not only that, a high-quality 60W switching power supply is built in, and audio-grade parts are used. There is also an audio-level master clock inside, with extremely low jitter, which is used to solve any time base errors generated during digital audio transmission.
The file formats supported by N1A include FLAC, ALAC, AAC, AIFF, WAV, DFF, DSF, etc. The sampling rate can be up to PCM 32bit/384KHz and DSD256. You can store music files in Melco N1A, and then connect them with a network cable, and other network players can play music. At this time, N1A is a music server. However, Melco N1A is more than just an "audio-grade NAS". It has a built-in TwonkyMedia Server. Therefore, you can also use the N1A as a player and send music files to the USB DAC decoding via a USB cable. Play through the audio system and eat two fish with one fish.
Equipment specifications
Type: Music server
Supported file formats: FLAC, ALAC, AAC, AIFF, WAV, DFF, DSF, MP3, OGG, LPCM
The highest resolution rate: PCM 32bit/384KHz; DSD256(When the server, can support DSD512)
Terminal: LAN×2; USB 3.0 ×3; USB 2.0 ×1
Built-in hard disk: 2TB HHD ×2
Size: 436×70×352mm(W×H×D)
Weight: 7 kg
Features of N1 series products:
● Japanese handmade
● NAS system created specifically for playing high-quality music
● Independent dual LAN port, which can be directly connected to the network player without going through a hub, completely isolating interference from other devices
● Support up to PCM 32bit/384kHz and DSD 256 (11.2MHz) playback
● Using fever-grade ultra-low jitter data clock correction, fever-grade power supply system
● USB external expansion hard drive and settings recovery and backup function
● USB external optical drive Rip music, and search for song cover and track data through Gracenote database
● Can be used with APP to connect to WiFi to play music
Schematic diagram of N1 product connecting to USB DAC
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