Any Melco streamer fans here? Looking for your input.

I understand that the Lumin app works pretty well with it. So you might try it. I have no experience with the Melco so I'd love to hear your thoughts. I love the Lumin app.


Womaz said:
I've had the Melco N1A for just over a year now. I got it as I gave up on the Devialet AIR function.


It sounds great to me and every bit as good as AIR if not better . It's solid and reliable which was my main priority.
My one moan is the lack of the app. It's been imminent for a year now and it's rather frustrating. I use an ipad so I use the Kinsky app and it's rather dated. This sort of spoils the user experience for me.
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Womaz said:
I've had the Melco N1A for just over a year now. I got it as I gave up on the Devialet AIR function.


It sounds great to me and every bit as good as AIR if not better . It's solid and reliable which was my main priority.
My one moan is the lack of the app. It's been imminent for a year now and it's rather frustrating. I use an ipad so I use the Kinsky app and it's rather dated. This sort of spoils the user experience for me.
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If you're looking for a control point for the N1A try Arcam Music Life, works very well with IOS.
 
Thanks for the suggestions guys, but I have tried both of these apps, but both have issues.which is a shame as they are both superior to Kinsky.
The Arcam app repeatedly loses my Devialet for some reason and the lumin app also has problems, the music keeps dropping out. The only stable app for me is Kinsky
 
Womaz said:
Thanks for the suggestions guys, but I have tried both of these apps, but both have issues.which is a shame as they are both superior to Kinsky.
The Arcam app repeatedly loses my Devialet for some reason and the lumin app also has problems, the music keeps dropping out. The only stable app for me is Kinsky
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The Lumin app works very well for me. Do you have MinimServer installed?
 
I am not technical I am afraid so would not know how to install this , I would also be scared to mess things up as Kinsky works.
A Melco app would of course be very welcome
 
Womaz,

I was just wondering if you had Minim or not. Minim is way, way better than Twonky and not that hard to install if you follow the instructions which are both complete and simple to follow. You do have to ask Simon on Minim's forum for access to the instructions. Well worth it if I may say so myself. Then Arcam's MusicLife would work wonders.
 
If Minim is so much better than Twonky why wouldn't Melco already have it installed? Lets face it - we just want to be into music, not to be a computer geek.
 
the professor said:
If Minim is so much better than Twonky why wouldn't Melco already have it installed? Lets face it - we just want to be into music, not to be a computer geek.
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Jock,

That question I can't answer and I agree with you we just want to listen to music. Minim should de facto be installed but that's not the case unfortunately. I'm running both side by side and it's no contest in my mind. Oh by the way I'm really not a geek, far from it.

Do you have experience with both Twonky and Minim? Just curious.
 
Randy Myers said:
Exactly, you never know until you try, however I have heard several people with extremely high end gear be surprised in how much this little inexpensive piece helps...
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I do have an Aurender, which has a shielded and grounded USB output (technically superior to the Melco's) and the W4S Recovery still brings an improvement.


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To sum up I think the Melco is very good value. I was worried that it would not be as good with the AIR feature from Devialet. I was also a little cynical as I did not know what it would add. After all it's just a dedicated HD really? However it sounds excellent. I was considering an Aurender at the time too but struggle to audition at home up here in the NE. So I opted for the Melco but I must admit I may now consider moving to an Aurender. If the Melco app arrives soon then this would improve the user experience I would imagine
 
Not to pooh pooh the Melco, but the Aurender app works like a charm.


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I use Roon which I believe has no rivals in applications to control your digital music from your server. Then again I have a heavily modified PC as my music server which I believe rivals most any dedicated music server. I know many of these servers cost multiple times more and for the person who does not care to really learn about computers are a very good alternative. From my understanding most dedicated servers can run Roon. I run Roon headless server on my dedicated PC and run Roon controller on my Surface Pro 3. Yes, with Roon you can also use a PC (Surface, laptop, etc.) as the control unit, not just an Apple or Android product.
 
Hello
I have had the Melco N1A for over a year now
In my system , I have the Cjord Dave DAC + Belles MB200 power amp + Belles LA01 Pre
The sources are
1. AUrender n100 h : USB out
2. Auralic Aries : USB + SPDIF +AES out
3. Computer Audiophile specs build Zuma with Windows 10 + Roon+ JRiver + Music on SSD + Paul Pang USB card (All linear powered)
4. Lumin U1 + Melco N1A : USB / AES out
5. Melco N1A : USB out

If I had to chose the best cost effective solution for the DAC : it would be the Melco n1A .. terrific sound , clear , there's everthing
Lumin app works rather well with the Melco

But the best sound for my ears remains the Lumin + Melco
Lumin + CAPS is not to the level of Melco alone

So yes : the melco N1A is a very very good product , and underated because of the lack of a dedicated app

Cheers
 
I've been using the N1A/2 for a while now after having the N1A and it's a fantastic piece. I too have been waiting for a dedicated app, but in the meantime, BubbleUPnP has been working fairly well on the Android side and allows for Cloud playback (ie. Tidal). The developers keep making improvements to the app, so it has been getting better. On the iOS side, some of my customers have been successfully using mconnect which is one of the very few that provide Tidal playback on iOS. I wasn't able to compare the N1A and the N1A/2 side by side, but if my aural memory is correct, the new version definitely brought some improvements.
 
I've been using an N1A into my dCS Vivaldi 2.0 DAC since 2015.

Connection is via a Tellurium Q Black Diamond USB cable and the noise floor is really low.

I'm looking to try out the N1Z/2 as soon as my dealer gets hold of one. He is really enthusiastic about it in combination with the Vivaldi DAC and says that it is very close to the Vivaldi Transport in a full stack system!
 
I have N1ZH60 / 2 connected directly to my Lumin A1 with AQ Diamond. Great sound and as it is handled from the Lumin app, everything works like a Swiss watch. I also have on the net, a mini fanless PC, SSD, i7, 16 GB, to run the Roon Core, but I prefer the direct sound from Melco. Unfortunately, Melco does not have enough RAM, nor probably a processor, to run the Roon Core. I would have loved that combination.
 
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