Melco launches an all-new flagship music library the N1-S38
Melco launches an all-new flagship music library the N1-S38 News Melco Audio, the Japanese digital music expert, has launched the N1-S38, an all-new flagship SSD-based digital music library offering the best sonic performance in the company’s history. The new ground-up design is based around a new platform, with a new chassis and casework, plus new power supplies. It offers a previously unreached performance level. A full-width design, the all-new N1-S38 distils Melco’s decades-long digital music storage, transfer and playback knowledge into an advanced new flagship with great new features. The N1-S38 benefits from a totally [...]
Melco flagship N10 Music Library 45th Anniversary Edition REVIEW
Melco flagship N10 Music Library 45th Anniversary Edition REVIEW Review This is a review summary written by Terry Ellis December 2021 For the full review please see my YouTube video linked here Please Note: I am an Amazon Associate meaning links to Amazon are affiliate links, for more info about this please see here 45 years in the making The Melco N10 is the Japanese high end hifi manufacturers flagship product, termed a Music Library other manufacturers call their equivalent products Music Servers for reference purposes. The 45th anniversary model speaks for itself as [...]
Melco launches full-width mid-range SSD music library N50
Melco launches full-width mid-range SSD music library N50 News Melco Audio has launched its first mid-range SSD-based digital music library, the N50-S38. Handcrafted in Japan, the N50-S38 offers best-ever Melco solid-state affordability, the latest digital technologies, plus Melco’s legendary ease of use. The new N50-S38 benefits from a heavy, 1.7 mm-thick full-width chassis, an IEC power inlet with noise filter, and classic Melco styling. Improvements include an enhanced main board with a specially selected 3.84 TB SSD drive coupled to the new rigid, layered SSD cradle, plus a new dynamic PSU with 25 % more output. [...]
Best-ever Melco sound as the flagship N1Z music libraries receive a double upgrade
Best-ever Melco sound as the flagship N1Z music libraries receive a double upgrade News Melco Audio has upgraded its two flagship Japanese-engineered digital music libraries, the HA-N1Z/2EX-H50 (HDD) and HA-N1Z/2EX-S40 (SSD), to include new, improved power supplies and new, higher-performance single-drive storage for the best-ever Melco sound quality. The flagship N1Z series machines offer audio connoisseurs the choice of either solid-state or hard disc storage, both specifically engineered for audio. The SSD-based HA-N1Z/2EX-S40 now benefits from a new, high-performance 4 TB storage drive and the HDD-based HA-N1Z/2EX-H50 is supplied with a new 5 TB unit; [...]
New firmware readies Melco’s digital music libraries for the all-new Roon 1.8
New firmware readies Melco’s digital music libraries for the all-new Roon 1.8 News Leading digital music library specialist Melco Audio has today released a new over-the-air firmware update (4.10) which brings Roon Ready integration to its five-strong EX Series of digital libraries, enabling them to exploit the full potential of Roon 1.8. The new update, which has already been automatically sent to owners of Melco’s current EX Series (or EX Series-updated) digital music libraries, can be simply installed by users from the front panel, with just a few button presses. Roon Ready integration adds yet [...]
MELCO N100 Intelligent Music Library Server Review
MELCO N100 Intelligent Music Library Server Review Review Interesting Product to Review The MELCO N100 was an interesting product to review because it was the first different digital music source I have spent any serious time with and as with any good hifi product there were important things to be learned from this time. MELCO as a company history is stemmed from audiophile passions and high end computer peripheral manufacturing and this puts them in an ideal position to produce high end digital music storage and source products like the N100 Listening Sessions I conducted [...]
Are you SWITCHING? Network Acoustics tempus review
Are you SWITCHING? Network Acoustics tempus review Review This is a review written by Terry Ellis June 2025. Please Note I am an Amazon Associate meaning links to Amazon are affiliate links, for more info about this please see here Accepting a new reality HiFi system networking and the many products designed for better networking sound quality is a topic area I have not covered very much. Being brutally honest, I have not been overly interested in it. Maybe that is because I have been distracted by other things or maybe it’s because it [...]
The SFP Exploration PART IV – digital audio GLORY nears closer
The SFP Exploration PART IV - digital audio GLORY nears closer Article Please Note I am an Amazon Associate meaning links to Amazon are affiliate links, for more info about this please see here When you know, you just know Its been over a month since my last update for my journey into the SFP networking rabbit hole in search of digital audio glory. I use those words tongue in cheek of course, but that is my goal here, to find even better sound quality from areas of a system many overlook. I think the [...]
The SFP Exploration PART III – the DAC cable and mistakes made
The SFP Exploration PART III - the DAC cable and mistakes made Article Knowledge is power, but experience is knowing This is my third instalment for my experiences of testing and messing around with different networking solutions, mostly SFP based, to see if there is a better way I can recommend to you to achieve the best sound quality experience from streamed music. I have had a passion for this dating back more than a decade when I started building my own dedicated to music computer servers, something we all take for granted these days. [...]
Going down an SFP “Rabbit Hole” in search of digital audio GLORY
Going down an SFP "Rabbit Hole" in search of digital audio GLORY Article What am I missing? I am sure you have all been there, where you might be happy with your HiFi system in the main but there are products on that market that intrigue you just a little bit, but the idea of testing them is lying dormant in the back of your mind with just a touch of "am I missing out" doubt. I have written before about my basic escapades into HiFi system networking and how I have found [...]
