21-Feb-2017, 22:02
My dealer has had the N1A Series 2 for a week plus now. Says that its a big step forward, quieter and with more details. Closer to the performance of Series 1 N1ZH.
Storage has been increased to 2 x 3TB but this could be region specific. Price has gone up too ☹️
Wrt RAVENNA functionality, that could be significant for those keen on AES67 / AoIP functionality. This was previously only available on PC/Mac platform and did not allow, for example, the Melco N1A to be used directly with the Merging NADAC as an ethernet DAC without an accompanying PC/Mac. Now, one can simplify and just use the Melco.
How useful this would be would depend on one's choice of DAC, and whether it has a RAVENNA/AES67 compliant ethernet input. Over at the head fi forum, there is a long thread about how AoIP sounds better than USB.
Not quite relevant to Devialet unless the new streamer board utilises RAVENNA / AES67 but who knows what will actually be implemented in the end
Storage has been increased to 2 x 3TB but this could be region specific. Price has gone up too ☹️
Wrt RAVENNA functionality, that could be significant for those keen on AES67 / AoIP functionality. This was previously only available on PC/Mac platform and did not allow, for example, the Melco N1A to be used directly with the Merging NADAC as an ethernet DAC without an accompanying PC/Mac. Now, one can simplify and just use the Melco.
How useful this would be would depend on one's choice of DAC, and whether it has a RAVENNA/AES67 compliant ethernet input. Over at the head fi forum, there is a long thread about how AoIP sounds better than USB.
Not quite relevant to Devialet unless the new streamer board utilises RAVENNA / AES67 but who knows what will actually be implemented in the end