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Features
- Newly selected 3.5 inch 8TB HDD after comparative listening tests
- Higher grade and high-quality clock-generator for better signal transmission
- Half-width chassis with hairline finish aluminum front and top panel to match PC and Mac
- 2 mm-thick under-chassis provides great rigidity
- Thick aluminum casework
- 3.6 kg (almost 3.6x that of standard IT drives)
- Melco’s Highly Stable Storage System same as flagship model N1 securely holds the drive
- Dedicated PCB houses the capacitors for the power supply
- HOST USB (type B) for PC, MAC and MELCO Music Library to read the disc
- DEVICE USB (type A) for USB DACs and USB audio interfaces playback
- Access lamp section uses a uniquely developed “non-blinking” LED to minimize the effects of blinking.
- HDD formatted with exFAT; can be reformatted with a PC or Mac
- Black color only
Specifications
HDD
Selected 8 TB HDD mounted with Melco HS-S2
USB ports
USB 3.0 Type A x 1 ‘TO DEVICE’
USB 3.0 Type B x 1 ‘TO HOST’
Compatible equipment
Windows 11, Mac, exFAT compatible Linux based equipment, Raspberry Pi
Melco Music Library
Power supply
DC 12 V (48 W AC adapter)
Size 215 x 61 x 269 mm (W H L)
Weight 3.6 kg
Computer Audio
Fidata HFAS1-XS20U Network Audio Music Server
- Japanese engineering at its best
- Sound quality un-surpassed
- Read the developers notes here
- MCRU recommended product
iFi Audio ZEN Stream Wireless Music Streamer
Streaming Unleashed. Wi-Fi audio transport. Just add a Remote Control.
Beneath its classy exterior, the ZEN Stream is a technological streamer-de-force. It has one purpose – to send music from the Internet to your DAC with no loss of quality. True hi-res performance of PCM384/DSD256 via WiFi/LAN. Just add your smart device as a remote and away you go. Optimised open-source architecture – works with multiple dedicated platforms, completely and perfectly future-proofed as it is constantly updated.Ease of use + audiophile implementation. It is the bee’s knees of Streamers.
Melco D100 Optical USB Disc Drive – Ripper
The D100 is a highly advanced Japanese-technology optical drive that reads optical discs, such as CDs, with great precision.
Using a D100 to ‘rip’ CD collections onto a Melco library or hard drive, allows for optimum data transfer in archive quality. The D100’s Melco-branded circuit board is further audiophile-optimised to deliver the highest performance ripping from CD.
The D100 can even be used as a high-precision CD transport into a USB DAC.
Melco E100A – USB Storage For Audio Pc, Mac And Music Servers
The E100A audiophile hard disk drive offered an extra 8 TB of audio-grade storage for Melco digital music libraries which is succeeding model of E100 in 2018.
Sharing the N100 series’ half-width chassis, the E100A expansion drive seamlessly extended Melco-quality storage when extra capacity was needed especially for users who use RoonCore, PC and Music Server.
The E100A is different from previous model E100 improved of original main board and re-selected bigger capacity 8TB HDD.
E100A is a specially selected audiophile-grade HDD drive, a Melco circuit board, plus Melco’s Highly Stable Storage System (HS-S2).
The E100A also found a home in a number of recording studios where performance, build quality and reliability are vital attributes for equipment chosen by studio engineers.
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