The N100 Owners Thread

Uh...what's to stop you, from upgrading the 2.5" drive??

Ooops; 2T is as high as they go now. :blush: Why not just a local, external drive?
 
CDLehner said:
Uh...what's to stop you, from upgrading the 2.5" drive??

Ooops; 2T is as high as they go now. :blush: Why not just a local, external drive?
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Is a local external drive treated the same way as the internal drive or is it treated like a NAS? That is, do I have to run AMM with a local external?

I would prefer to keep all the music on the NAS since I have a CAPS-like computer in a 2nd system running jriver.
 
dminches said:
I just purchased my N100H. I am planning how I am going to store my music. I have way more than 2 TBs so I am thinking about storing certain items on the internal 2 TB drive and leaving the rest on the NAS. However, I will need to remove from the NAS the files I put on the internal so there aren't duplicates. Too bad the internal drive isn't a 3.5" drive so one could just upgrade to a larger drive.

I could just leave all the files on the NAS which requires AMM to be running.

Any pointers would be appreciated.
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There is no need to run AMM except for when you scan the NAS to update the database stored in the iPad with cover art and metadata.

When notebook drives larger than 2TB are available it may be possible to replace the existing hard drive as long as power requirements are not greater.
 
bpw said:
There is no need to run AMM except for when you scan the NAS to update the database stored in the iPad with cover art and metadata.

When notebook drives larger than 2TB are available it may be possible to replace the existing hard drive as long as power requirements are not greater.
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So, once I get everthing set up and run AMM I only need to run it again when I add new music or update any metadata? Does this mean that the information gathered by AMM is stored on the internal SSD?
 
And to "complicate" matters even more: though I've yet to try it...I am somewhat certain (how's that for hedging my bets), you can share both the internal and any attached drives of the N100H.

In other words...you could always point your CAPS at them, and still have access.

In even more words...the N100H, acts as an NAS in its own right.
 
I need a little help here.

I just received my N100H and have it set up. I am able to play the songs that were included on the internal drive.

For now I want to just access my NAS. I am not sure how I add all my NAS music and then see it on the ipad. I loaded AMM and it is scanning the drive now. What do I then do on the ipad so it all shows up? I did add my NAS as a NAS server on the ipad and did a scan but it didn't add anything. Maybe I have to wait until AMM is done?
 
Wait until AMM is done. Then go into settings (wheel looking icon) on the iPad app and you will see the option to connect it to your NAS. You input your NAS username and password.

Let us know how it goes.
 
Mike said:
Wait until AMM is done. Then go into settings (wheel looking icon) on the iPad app and you will see the option to connect it to your NAS. You input your NAS username and password.

Let us know how it goes.
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Thanks Mike.

I have 102k files so it will take a while. I copied some items onto the internal so I had something to list to.

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Done scanning - everything is there.

I keep swearing that I will no longer buy anything which requires me to learn yet another software package!

Newbie question: Is the only way to play an album to select an album and add all the songs to the play list? Can you play stuff directly without adding it to the playlist?

Next up: creating custom views.
 
dminches said:
Done scanning - everything is there.

I keep swearing that I will no longer buy anything which requires me to learn yet another software package!

Newbie question: Is the only way to play an album to select an album and add all the songs to the play list? Can you play stuff directly without adding it to the playlist?

Next up: creating custom views.
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As far as I know you have to add it to the play list. You can add individual songs (just one finger tap on the song you want to add).
 
Last question of the day!

When I make changes to the tags on my NAS do I have to rescan everything via AMM for the changes to show up on the ipad or does it just scan changed files? That is, will it take an hour every time I rescan if that's what it took the first time?
 
dminches said:
Last question of the day!

When I make changes to the tags on my NAS do I have to rescan everything via AMM for the changes to show up on the ipad or does it just scan changed files? That is, will it take an hour every time I rescan if that's what it took the first time?
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I haven't made any tag changes, so I'm not entirely sure. But, I would suspect you just need to refresh things (on the ipad) rather than a complete AMM rescan. Start with refreshing the library on the ipad.
 
I reran an AMM scan and it only had to rework the changed files. We very quick. Then I rescanned the ipad and all the changes were there. Sweet.
 
Anyone experience what I'd call drop outs? listening then it stutters . Also when switching files it sometimes sends a spike or loud static. Not sure if its the DAC or N100H. I have the Bricasti M1 DAC . Never had an issue with JRiver. I like the Aurender software and TIDAL interface. Now the kids can listen to Pop so pretty cool. Some stuff sounds really good via TIDAL.
I'm thinking my NAS may be to far from the Aurender but never had an issue before. Everything in the HD whatever type file sounds great. Did a re-scan w/AMM same deal. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thx!
 
Etunes said:
Anyone experience what I'd call drop outs? listening then it stutters . Also when switching files it sometimes sends a spike or loud static. Not sure if its the DAC or N100H. I have the Bricasti M1 DAC . Never had an issue with JRiver. I like the Aurender software and TIDAL interface. Now the kids can listen to Pop so pretty cool. Some stuff sounds really good via TIDAL.
I'm thinking my NAS may be to far from the Aurender but never had an issue before. Everything in the HD whatever type file sounds great. Did a re-scan w/AMM same deal. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thx!
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Two thoughts:

1) The "stuttering" is likely caused by your NAS. I would check things like, are your drives always spun up...or what is your file-structure like (i.e. are your files spread-out in a way, that they span several drives).

2) I don't know the M1...but does it have a Femto clock setting? I had similar trouble with the N100 and my Auralic Vega. I always set the Femto to "exact" (or whatever the highest one was, I forget the name). Occasionally, that would give me a stutter as well...while the DAC tried to lock onto the signal. "Downgrading" the setting a bit, usually helped...and had negligible effect on SQ.

I have to say; the switch to the H...has made the Aurender, 100% trouble-free :)
 
CDLehner said:
Two thoughts:

1) The "stuttering" is likely caused by your NAS. I would check things like, are your drives always spun up...or what is your file-structure like (i.e. are your files spread-out in a way, that they span several drives).

2) I don't know the M1...but does it have a Femto clock setting? I had similar trouble with the N100 and my Auralic Vega. I always set the Femto to "exact" (or whatever the highest one was, I forget the name). Occasionally, that would give me a stutter as well...while the DAC tried to lock onto the signal. "Downgrading" the setting a bit, usually helped...and had negligible effect on SQ.

I have to say; the switch to the H...has made the Aurender, 100% trouble-free :)
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I have the Diskstation DS412+ and I would tend to agree although JRiver never had any issues. I'm not IT savy enough to do much in the way of troubleshooting . I will shoot Bricasti an email and see if they have ever had any compatibility issues.
 
write to support, Eric will reply very quickly. FYI he is " The Man" and is extremely responcive
Let us know his thoughts
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