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MELCO N10-2
N10/2 er utrolig nok en enda bedre streamingbridge, musikkerver og audiofil switch, alt-i-ett!
Melcos N10/2 vil dermed være markedsledende på støyfri hosting av USB-DACer og tilbyr strømming av TIDAL, Qobuz og Roon. I tillegg tilbyr den lagring/avspilling av lokale filer og audiofil reklokking av innkommende ethernet.
Oppgraderinger:
- Bedre arkitektur, nytt hovedkort, lavere støy.
- Bedre og enda mer presis krystallklokke, enda lavere jitter.
- Større lagringsplass på grunnmodellen, 5TB audiofil HDD.
- Ekstrem 4TB audiofil SSD harddisk på toppmodellen.
OVERVIEW
Melco N10 is a two box solution designed to improve sound quality by separating power supply and the head unit.
Compact half-size head unit has selected 5TB 2.5” SFF HDD or 3.84TB SSD with all signal processing and connectivity, while the separate linear power supply is totally isolated from the head unit.
The elegant solid aluminium casework has the familiar Melco OLED display and simple 4 button interface for delightfully simple operation and setup.
FEATURES
- To realise the 215mm width half-sized component, the head unit has both newly designed internal electronics hardware and new operating software, with improved PCB.
- The case is solid aluminium including the end cheeks giving both a sophisticated look and also mechanical integrity and freedom from vibration, further assisted by a complex and rigid internal steel chassis.
- The front panel has the familiar Melco OLED display and four control buttons – from this simple interface both initial setup – just language and time zone – as well as advanced customisation can be accomplished. When playing music the OLED is very informative showing file name and data format. All connectivity of external devices is also confirmed on the OLED.
- Playing directly from CD using a USB CD loader such as D100, or playing directly from a USB drive, the OLED and buttons give full browse and navigation.
- The front panel USB port is convenient for connecting either USB drives or USB optical drive to import files or directly play.
- The rear panel has two additional USB ports which allow for USB connected CD loader, or USB HDD for music import or play. Additionally also Expansion of the internal capacity with either an IT USB HDD or the high sound quality E100 expansion drive to increase capacity of the N10 without any additional settings.
- Ethernet connectivity is special for all Melco machines – there are two ports. One is a dedicated Player port that connects directly to a network player or streamer without any intervening data switch or IT devices that would compromise sound quality.
- The second Ethernet port is the LAN connection for access to the N10 for music transfer, control of the N10 local player from a control App, and for accessing streaming music services, activating direct music downloads, and making Firmware updates with just one click from the Internet.
- A newly designed power management system in then Head Unit ensures stable and reliable operation.
Tekniske data
Music storage
N10/2-H50 1 x 2.5 inch selected HDD 5TB on Melco HS-S2 isolation platform
N10/2-S38 1 x 3.84TB selected SSD on Melco HS-S2 isolation platform
Network connectivity
LAN Port-Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-T),
PLAYER port,
Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-T),
DHCP server in isolated mode
USB connectivity
USB2.0 Front panel x 1
USB2.0 Rear panel x 2
Assignable as DAC, backup, import, expansion
USB Player sample rate support
16-32 bit (PCM) to 384kHz:- auto downsample to suit connected DAC.
Gapless PCM supported.
1 bit (DSD) to 11.3MHz Quad DSD.
Markerless DSD supported.
DSD to 32bit PCM conversion selectable.
Gapless DSD supported.
OLED displays player sample rate.
Power supply
Pre-set 220-240V AC or 110-120V AC dependant on market.
Low-noise, linear power supply
Size 215 x 61 x 269mm (W H L)
Weight head unit Approx 3.5kg
Weight power supply Approx 5.0kg