Zyxel nas

Posted by: dimmockg on 27 May 2012

Just curious if anybody has tried a Zyxel nsa310 with a naim uniti or unitiqute? Seems quite good for the money, 1.2ghz CPU and 256mb 

 

Cheers

Posted on: 27 May 2012 by engjoo
In my view, I will stay with leading names like synology or qnap. (i own two synology in the last 3 years) Reason being they have proven themselves in delivering good after sales support and continuous product enhancement through sw upgrades. Not saying anything bad on the smaller emerging names but I ask myself if it is worth our time to seek a 'cost effective compromise' for our sound setup which we have already invested a lot in comparison over the years.
Posted on: 27 May 2012 by Guido Fawkes

> I ask myself if it is worth our time to seek a 'cost effective compromise' for our sound setup which we have already invested a lot in comparison over the years.

 

Agreed that is why I use a Vortexbox 

Posted on: 29 May 2012 by Jon Myles
Originally Posted by Guido Fawkes:

> I ask myself if it is worth our time to seek a 'cost effective compromise' for our sound setup which we have already invested a lot in comparison over the years.

 

Agreed that is why I use a Vortexbox 

I'd tend to agree too. But the original question does raise an interesting point. What is a good price point and why?

Reliability? Surely that overall depends on the hard disk if the software is compatible.

Sound? Does that not depend on the streamer you are using?

Ideally you might say buy a UnitiServe. But at £2,000+ compared to £1,300 for the Qute does that make sense?

Is a VortexBox better than the ZyxelNas? It has a larger installed user base and so that probably gives reassurance but in terms of the basics: a HD, software - after that all is handled by the hub and streamer.

So what does the Vortex Box add? Probably reliability and the reassurance.

I'm not disagreeing with your point. Just throwing it open there.

I'd have a guess that if I bought a Zyxel and a Vortexbox and had both working there would be no difference in the sound quality.