17-Jan-2016, 17:41
Hi Deviousalet - My Mini dates back from 2009 but has been used for various things with Weiss DACs over Firewire, as a UPnP source for Linn and Naim streamers and then eventually back to a USB source for the Devialet. It was reasonably maxed out, all services disabled, max ram, SSD and after various music players over the years, i'd settled on Audivarna. Adding a Regen was the icing on the cake. Improvements with the Melco - well i'm quite surprised how good this is. Music really flows and rather like the Devialet itself, it doesn't impose it's own character on the music. The biggest change is the bass which seems more extended and tighter. The only downside so far is the control point (i'm using Kinsky which takes me back to my Linn days) so hopefully something better will come along from Melco. I had a couple of questions on operation and Melco (Alan Ainslie) was very quick to respond.
Melco N1A > Meicord Opal > Devialet 220 Pro > Mogami 2972 > Shahinian Compass