{"id":141341,"date":"2022-02-02T14:57:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=141341"},"modified":"2022-02-02T14:59:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:59:18","slug":"melco-n10-2-the-best-performing-digital-music-library-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/melco-n10-2-the-best-performing-digital-music-library-to-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Melco N10\/2: The best-performing digital music library to date"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melco Audio has launched a new range-topping digital music library, the\u00a0N10\/2<\/strong>. The new two-box flagship is the best-performing Melco music library in the company\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

The N10\/2 is available in two distinct storage\u00a0type<\/em>\u00a0variants: an HDD version (N10\/2-H50<\/strong>, \u00a36,999) plus an SSD version (N10\/2-S38<\/strong>, \u00a38,999). The HDD version is a direct replacement for the original N10 and the SSD version replaces the previous SSD flagship, the N1Z\/2EX.<\/p>\n

The new libraries centre around newly selected HDD and SSD drives: 5 TB in the N10\/2-H50 and 3.84 TB in the N10\/2-S38; the dedicated drives are hand-picked by the factory to provide exceptional audio performance.<\/p>\n

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The N10\/2 also benefits from a new high-performance PCB, first seen in the limited-edition N10 45th Anniversary Limited Edition.<\/p>\n

About the new N10\/2<\/strong><\/p>\n

The N10\/2 is a two-box design, featuring half-width (215 mm) chassis, enabling Melco\u2019s engineers to separate the delicate signal-processing electronics from the power supply.<\/p>\n

The \u2018head\u2019 unit contains the processing electronics and data connectivity, and the power unit contains a high-performance, low-noise linear power supply with toroidal transformer.<\/p>\n

The head unit uses the same extreme-low-noise, high-precision digital music dataflow as the existing Melco series and crucially, is designed from the ground-up as an audio-specific device; Melco famously eschews standard IT components or PC parts.<\/p>\n

Melco\u2019s time-proven software architecture provides reassuring familiarity to existing Melco customers and class-leading ease of use for newcomers.<\/p>\n

The N10\/2 benefits from several familiar Melco USPs. The head unit\u2019s rear panel\u00a0<\/strong>benefits from twin Ethernet ports, LAN and PLAYER, the latter being a dedicated port designed to connect directly to network streamers without the need for an intervening data switch, ensuring timing accuracy is maintained.<\/p>\n

Twin USB 2.0 ports are also available, (plus a further front-panel USB port) including a dedicated USB DAC output, ready for connection to USB DACs, USB DAC-equipped amplifiers or active speakers. The second USB port enables USB devices to connect and operate effortlessly, including: importing or playing music from memory devices, HDD\/SSD drives and CD drives (CD \u2018rippers\u2019); capacity expansion with Melco\u2019s E100 (or other) storage drive; and easy backup to HDD\/SSD drives.<\/p>\n

In addition to Melco\u2019s software architecture, the N10\/2 benefits from Melco\u2019s Intelligent Music Library suite comprising MinimServer and SongKong software. The device is also Roon Ready, DSD compatible and offers app control via DLNA\/UPnP (in USB DAC mode) with support for TIDAL, Qobuz and vTuner streaming with the Melco Music HD app. Qobuz Downloader and HighResAudio.com also enable direct, error-free high-res downloads without the need for a computer.<\/p>\n

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The N10\/2 can also be used as a self-contained local hi-res digital music player when connected via a USB DAC; data rates of up to 32 bit\/384 kHz and Octo DSD are supported, along with gapless and Melco markerless DSD.<\/p>\n

Control is via the Melco Music HD app, from the front panel, or from approved third-party RF remote handsets and for network playback, UPnP control point apps.<\/p>\n

Price and availability<\/strong><\/p>\n

The N10\/2 is available now in HDD or SSD versions.<\/p>\n

N10\/2-H50<\/strong>\u00a0(HDD) \u00a36,999;\u00a0N10\/2-S38<\/strong>\u00a0(SSD) \u00a38,999<\/p>\n

Both are available in black or silver.<\/p>\n

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Melco Audio has launched a new range-topping digital music library, the\u00a0N10\/2. The new two-box flagship is the best-performing Melco music library in the company\u2019s history. The N10\/2 is available in two distinct storage\u00a0type\u00a0variants: an HDD version (N10\/2-H50, \u00a36,999) plus an SSD version (N10\/2-S38, \u00a38,999). The HDD version is a direct replacement for the original N10 […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":141342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-141341","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}