Melco N1A

Posted by: james n on 19 October 2015

Anyone using one (particularly in USB output mode ?.

 

If so how are you finding it and how are you controlling it (IIRC the Melco app is still in Beta) ?

 

TIA

 

James

 

Posted on: 19 October 2015 by Fraser Hadden

Yes, but into the USB socket of a Devialet 400. I defected from Naim, selling all my olive gear, as the cost of upgrading to Black at the equivalent level was so high and because, for me, a CD player and FM tuner were becoming an irrelevance and might prove difficult to sell on in a year or two.

 

I have installed MinimServer on the Melco - it sits there in parallel with the factory-fit Twonky. This is then controlled by BubbleuPnP, the licensed version of which is a mighty £3.04, on an Android tablet. I tried lots of others - Kinsky and Lightning DS included - first.

 

It takes a short while for MinimServer to scan my music collection of roughly 5000 CDs - though there is an option to sidestep the start-up scan - so the trick is to switch the Melco on and make a coffee or pour a drink while the scan runs.

 

Operationally, things are straightforward, though there is the occasional tendency to repeat a track - presumably a BubbleuPnP anomaly. The sound is grand into Yamaha NS 1000Ms.

 

Fraser

Posted on: 22 October 2015 by james n

Fraser - that's great. Just what i was looking for

 

Thanks again

 

James