What's the best nas server? Innuos or Melco???

[emyyl]

I am using a Laufer Teknik MP64-16 Memory Player. It is a server/transport with SSD with CD ripper. It can connect to the DAC via XLR/SPDIF or ethernet (to network switch or renderer). It comes with JRiver music software which is a bit clunky but I control it with my iPad instead using MConnect HD app. Sound quality wise is as good as or above the Innuous. You can get used ones under $10k.

 

[davenrk]

any other experience comparing a Zenith mk3 for example, to a Melco music server?

(no streaming, only playing local files)

 

[transaminasi]

At the end I bought used Aurender N10. Very very good streamer and amazing app.

 

[GSOphile]

At the end I bought used Aurender N10. Very very good streamer and amazing app.

For streaming do you use/prefer the Esoteric Sound Stream or the Aurender Conductor app?

 

[transaminasi]

I sold Esoteric N01XD. Now I'm planning to change all components to match to my new Wilson Sasha V. I already bought Accuphase C3850 and now I would like to buy dac Accuphase DC1000 and poweramp P7500. I have two friends with same speakers and Accuphase components and matching is very very amazing.

 

[davenrk]

At the end I bought used Aurender N10. Very very good streamer and amazing app.

hi, did you try some Innuos or Melco compared to the Aurender?
(ricordo il tuo nickname dai tempi di videohifi ;-))

 

[transaminasi]

Yes, I tried Innuos Zenith MK3. Both have good sound performance but I prefer Aurender App (Innuos App isn't bad but I love Aurender App. I have it for some years with old N100H and I was very happy). Furthermore Aurender N10 has Aes-ebu output that I prefer. Sound is a bit more natural than usb. One of other two friends of my previous post had Melco N50. Then he tried Innuos Zenith MK3 and he liked more than Melco. For this he sold Melco and he bought Innuos Statement. Now he is very happy.

 

[transaminasi]

(ricordo il tuo nickname dai tempi di videohifi ;-))

Did you have same nick in that forum?

 

[davenrk]

Did you have some nick in that forum?

the same I have here, also in melius now

 

[davenrk]

Yes, I tried Innuos Zenith MK3. Both have good sound performance but I prefer Aurender App (Innuos App isn't bad but I love Aurender App. I have it for some years with old N100H and I was very happy). Furthermore Aurender N10 has Aes-ebu output that I prefer. Sound is a bit more natural than usb. One of other two friends of my previous post had Melco N50. Then he tried Innuos Zenith MK3 and he liked more than Melco. For this he sold Melco and he bought Innuos Statement. Now he is very happy.

Please consider that I would not use streaming, only playing local files, so maybe this changes the choice.
At the beginning my idea was to get a PC with a PCI express professional card, made by Lynx, and connect to the DAC via AES/EBU.
I think it depends from the dac you will use, which is the best input.
My budget is 2.000/2.500 euro for a used server, so I'm trying to find the look for the equivalent of the Zen or Zenith mk3 at best, in the Melco catalogue to understand which could be the best sounding one.
Innuos plus is the presence of a cd ripper, which I would use because for now I only have a cd player, so many cds to be ripped.

 

[transaminasi]

I don't like to use a pc with my set-up. We are daily forced to use a pc and I would avoid to use in a good moment as when I listen to music in relax.
But we are luckly all different.
With other some friends I tried to compare local files with Qobuz: it isn't simple to hear differences. When I will have new dac I will try. My Aurender has hard disk 8Tb.

 

[davenrk]

I use a PC the whole day, too...
Does the N10 have an internal DAC? I would not use it, so maybe there are other streamers in the aurender range, without the dac, to be easily more comparable to a Innuosn Zen o Zenith mk3?

 

[transaminasi]

N10 is pure streamer. No internal dac.

 

[ssfas]

I had an Innuos Zen Mk3 and Innuos Pulsar. I used them in Innuos' preferred optimal arrangement, with the Zen as server and Roon Core and The Pulsar in endpoint mode. They were in different rooms, the link being mostly fibre optic.

I then put the hifi on a separate VPN on my managed Ubiquiti system, again the feed to the hifi being over fibre. It was using Innuos Sense and indexed the same networked SATA drive. Really excellent. I did not use Roon as it was not on the VPN, as I have 9 other Roon zones on the main network. I did not want to buy a second Roon license for the VPN.

As I now use HQ Player, I have a Mac Mini M1 running HQ Player and Roon, hard wired into the managed switch. It helps that Innuos has HQ Player embedded. That's really very good indeed as HQ Player sending DSD to Holo May is a killer combination.

I've not heard a difference between stored and streamed files for many years. My experience is that the network set-up and upsampling is what makes a significant difference.

 

[GSOphile]

I sold Esoteric N01XD. Now I'm planning to change all components to match to my new Wilson Sasha V. I already bought Accuphase C3850 and now I would like to buy dac Accuphase DC1000 and poweramp P7500. I have two friends with same speakers and Accuphase components and matching is very very amazing.

Thank you. And WOW - major earthquake in your room!

 

[davenrk]

I had an Innuos Zen Mk3 and Innuos Pulsar. I used them in Innuos' preferred optimal arrangement, with the Zen as server and Roon Core and The Pulsar in endpoint mode. They were in different rooms, the link being mostly fibre optic.

I then put the hifi on a separate VPN on my managed Ubiquiti system, again the feed to the hifi being over fibre. It was using Innuos Sense and indexed the same networked SATA drive. Really excellent. I did not use Roon as it was not on the VPN, as I have 9 other Roon zones on the main network. I did not want to buy a second Roon license for the VPN.

As I now use HQ Player, I have a Mac Mini M1 running HQ Player and Roon, hard wired into the managed switch. It helps that Innuos has HQ Player embedded. That's really very good indeed as HQ Player sending DSD to Holo May is a killer combination.

I've not heard a difference between stored and streamed files for many years. My experience is that the network set-up and upsampling is what makes a significant difference.

Hi, so, if I understood well....a Mac Mini M1 sounds better than a Innuos Zen Mk3 + Pulsar?