Amabrok and EricDH's original comparison of the Melco N1Z, Aurender X100 and Auralic Aries is also worth reading:
http://devialetchat.com/showthread.php?tid=793&page=3
See post 30 at the bottom of the page in which Amabrok assesses various aspects of the 3 machines and assigns scores by category.
EDIT: From Amabrok's comments it seems that the Melco doesn't support gapless playback which seems very strange. Anyone know whether that is still correct or has the Melco been updated?
EDIT2: I'm surprised this thread hasn't generated more interest. Maybe most people have already bought a DAC-less streamer or are staying with Mac/PC? I know that quite a few people on here have bought Aurenders and a couple have Melcos. Maybe Foxman, AllenB and I (perhaps because we all came from Naim backgrounds ) are just well-behind the curve
http://devialetchat.com/showthread.php?tid=793&page=3
See post 30 at the bottom of the page in which Amabrok assesses various aspects of the 3 machines and assigns scores by category.
EDIT: From Amabrok's comments it seems that the Melco doesn't support gapless playback which seems very strange. Anyone know whether that is still correct or has the Melco been updated?
EDIT2: I'm surprised this thread hasn't generated more interest. Maybe most people have already bought a DAC-less streamer or are staying with Mac/PC? I know that quite a few people on here have bought Aurenders and a couple have Melcos. Maybe Foxman, AllenB and I (perhaps because we all came from Naim backgrounds ) are just well-behind the curve
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