uniticore/ ssd vs hdd

The recommended SSD drive isn't 850 Pro so there is some money you can save for a start.

best

David

Indeed straight from the site recent Connection Magazine Uniti Core Hints and Tips:  

Which Drive Should I Use?

Choosing a drive for your Uniti Core can be a bit intimidating, but any 2.5” or 3.5” SATA hard or solid state drive will be fine.  We recommend the Seagate Pipeline/Video 2TB hard disks (HDD) or the Samsung 850 EVO 512GB/1TB solid state drive (SSD) - we have found these to provide the best audio performance.  If you are unsure or have any questions, contact the Tech Support team who will be happy to help.

Chag -

David Hendon posted:

The recommended SSD drive isn't 850 Pro so there is some money you can save for a start.

best

David

i know, it is seagate hdd or samsung evo 2,5. I am just curious of this comparaison. It is not just a question of money, the seagate 1to is around 100 eur and the evo 1to around 300 eur. I am curious of sound quality compare.

Chag... posted:

Indeed straight from the site recent Connection Magazine Uniti Core Hints and Tips:  

Which Drive Should I Use?

Choosing a drive for your Uniti Core can be a bit intimidating, but any 2.5” or 3.5” SATA hard or solid state drive will be fine.  We recommend the Seagate Pipeline/Video 2TB hard disks (HDD) or the Samsung 850 EVO 512GB/1TB solid state drive (SSD) - we have found these to provide the best audio performance.  If you are unsure or have any questions, contact the Tech Support team who will be happy to help.

Chag -

thanks chag, i have already read that. But we don't know which one sounds best, only that it will be fine with both..

Its simply a matter of how  you want your music collection sored. SSD's are supposedly less prone to failure. Considering how much time, money and effort goes into our music collections, it's up to you to choose how much you value the idea of losing it due to equipment failure.

You should always back up your collection anyway, either with a second drive, or if you have a NAS, use a mirrored RAID array.

SSD's also give faster access but considering the limitations on disc size and how large a decent music collection can be, and the bandwidth required to stream music from a storage drive, I don't see that this is relevant. SSD's are really a bit small.

I would posit that they both sound the same.

steve95775 posted:

Its simply a matter of how  you want your music collection sored. SSD's are supposedly less prone to failure. Considering how much time, money and effort goes into our music collections, it's up to you to choose how much you value the idea of losing it due to equipment failure.

You should always back up your collection anyway, either with a second drive, or if you have a NAS, use a mirrored RAID array.

SSD's also give faster access but considering the limitations on disc size and how large a decent music collection can be, and the bandwidth required to stream music from a storage drive, I don't see that this is relevant. SSD's are really a bit small.

I would posit that they both sound the same.

some people have compared the melco n1a( hdd) and the n1zh( ssd) and found the second better sounding. But perhaps the n1zh has other upgrades than just ssd...

The second point is the silence of ssd vs hdd... which translates in better dynamics, natural sound and detail retrieval.  It is what i read and heard only...

On my demo uniticore I started by using an ssd, then after a week switched to hdd as the ssd run out of space. I didn't notice any obvious differences in the sound or performance.

The key issue for me is capacity, to get the full music collection on the core. I have installed a 10tb seagate barracuda drive in my core, and works well. Now importing music from various locations.

Keler Pierre posted:

...............    The second point is the silence of ssd vs hdd... which translates in better dynamics, natural sound and detail retrieval.  It is what i read and heard only...

  ...    ...  more rarified arctic tree viper oil to lubricate tight wallets,  don't believe all you read - false news & alternative facts         

SSD or HDD or USB or whatever sends data to the renderer buffer, the data frames are verified as transmitted & received intact (that means complete, the same, unchanged) or its retransmitted.  Then it waits in the buffer until needed.        

Mike-B posted:

Keler Pierre posted:

...............    The second point is the silence of ssd vs hdd... which translates in better dynamics, natural sound and detail retrieval.  It is what i read and heard only...

  ...    ...  more rarified arctic tree viper oil to lubricate tight wallets,  don't believe all you read - false news & alternative facts         

SSD or HDD or USB or whatever sends data to the renderer buffer, the data frames are verified as transmitted & received intact (that means complete, the same, unchanged) or its retransmitted.  Then it waits in the buffer until needed.        

so the melco hdd and ssd, with a very important price, may seem the same to you?  

Keler Pierre posted:

so the melco hdd and ssd, with a very important price, may seem the same to you?  

I don't know what you mean by an important price.  But when I changed a friends NAS from HDD to SSD, there was no noticeable difference in SQ.  Access speed was much improved,  but not SQ.

Keler Pierre posted:

some people have compared the melco n1a( hdd) and the n1zh( ssd) and found the second better sounding. But perhaps the n1zh has other upgrades than just ssd.

 

The ZH version has a better power supply, casework etc so not quite comparing apples with apples here. 

ok, it is certainly that. 

SSDs do sound better because they have no sound. However to suggest they make your files 'sound' better is well, what is it exactly?

garyi posted:

SSDs do sound better because they have no sound. However to suggest they make your files 'sound' better is well, what is it exactly?

 

Cheeky!

garyi posted:

SSDs do sound better because they have no sound.
...

Surely that an oxymoron.

(and I'm not calling you Shirley or calling you an oxidised moron!)