{"id":161651,"date":"2023-05-18T08:53:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T07:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=161651"},"modified":"2023-05-18T08:58:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T07:58:27","slug":"melco-launches-flagship-inspired-n5-h50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/melco-launches-flagship-inspired-n5-h50\/","title":{"rendered":"Melco launches flagship-inspired N5-H50"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the March introduction of Melco\u2019s all-new flagship digital music library, the SSD-based N1-S38, the Japanese digital music specialist has announced the new N5-H50, which draws heavily from the N1 and introduces a HDD and simplified features for greater affordability (\u00a37,499\/EUR 8,999); the N5-H50 will make its world debut at High End, Munich, 18-21 May (Room\/stand: A 4.1, F107, DREI H).<\/strong><\/p>\n

The new N5-H50 shares many of the standout features seen in the new N1-S38 flagship, including its ground-up design, new platform, chassis and casework. The newcomer also benefits from the all-new mainboard developed for the top model.<\/p>\n

Retaining the audiophile credentials of the flagship, the N5-H50 gains\u00a0an extreme grade of low-jitter system clock from NDK, industrial-quality RJ45 connectors for Melco\u2019s trademark LAN port and dedicated PLAYER port, plus SFP Fibre (Small Form Factor Pluggable) connectivity, allowing the use of noise-isolating optical connectivity with suitably SFP-ready devices, or Melco\u2019s entry-level S100\/2 and flagship S10 data switches.<\/p>\n

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USB connectivity is via industrial-quality Amphenol connectors at the rear, and an additional front panel USB socket is included for user convenience. USB formatting is both USB 2.0 for audiophile-grade DACs and USB 3.0 for higher-speed data transfers, such as CD importing with Melco\u2019s dedicated D100 drive\/ripper, or expansion storage etc.<\/p>\n

A high-performance power connection is also specified, using an\u00a0<\/span>EMC-filtered IEC connector giving true system ground reference. The N5-H50\u2019s power supply uses multistage linear regulation following a high-specification audio-grade toroidal transformer on a special vibration-cushion mount device.<\/span><\/p>\n

All-new chassis and casework<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hand-made in Japan, in line with all of Melco\u2019s uncompromising digital libraries, the N5-H50\u2019s precision-machined two-tone metalwork draws from the industrial design of the N1-S38 and benefits from highly stable chassis construction centred around a robust 3 mm stainless steel base plate to minimise unwanted vibration.<\/p>\n

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The new fascia design features the Melco logo, Melco\u2019s<\/a> familiar high-quality positive-click fascia control buttons (now illuminated), a crystal-clear easy-read OLED display panel, plus\u00a0lots of clever features, including concealed shadow lighting which changes colour in response to machine status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following the March introduction of Melco\u2019s all-new flagship digital music library, the SSD-based N1-S38, the Japanese digital music specialist has announced the new N5-H50, which draws heavily from the N1 and introduces a HDD and simplified features for greater affordability (\u00a37,499\/EUR 8,999); the N5-H50 will make its world debut at High End, Munich, 18-21 May […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":161652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-161651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hi-fi","tag-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161651","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=161651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}