(10-Mar-2016, 23:46)Confused Wrote: Melco's website is written very badly and is rather misleading! The N1ZH is an N1Z without the "audiophile grade" SSD's. If you read closely you will see that the new N1ZS is also a "performance enhancement of the award winning N1A". In fact they are all a "performance enhancement of the award winning N1A", except the N1A, which is simply the "award winning N1A".
Comparing the N1ZS and N1H specs I think you're correct in which case Melco are charging £3,000 more for 2x512TB SSD drives than 2x3TB HDD... I know the SSDs are said to be 'audio grade' whatever that means and they have 'stable data' (don't their hard drives have stable data too?) but £3,000 ?
I will try to borrow an N1ZH and see how it sounds in my system.
I went back and skimmed through this thread on Linn Forum which is worth a look for anyone considering Melco:
http://forums.linn.co.uk/bb/showthread.php?tid=30724
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