![]() To compensate for the limited read/write cycles available from flash memory, PCs use wear levelling software in audio, it’s a write-once-read-many situation, so that’s something else that can be bypassed. ![]() One is that they are built for speed of access, which is unnecessary in a music server and detrimental because it produces electrical noise. I’m told that the N50 uses SSDs because the technology behind them has advanced significantly recently, and Melco has removed the elements that make them a poor choice for audio. The general feel seems that the SSD-based N1ZS is the best option for those who primarily listen to acoustic music but that the N10 is arguably better suited to those with broader tastes. An SSD variant of the N1Z EX is available, and it’s the most expensive model in the range, but it’s not always recommended above the HDD alternative. The N50 is unusual among an extensive range of music libraries, as Melco prefer to call them, in having SSD storage onboard as standard. It’s worth mentioning that the Melco servers are also streamers by virtue of their USB output all they require is an external DAC to form a complete digital source. It sticks out as being the only full-width server in the Melco range. ![]() It inhabits a case that’s virtually identical to the outgoing N1A, yet that is the only similarity between the two. Melco’s new SSD-equipped N50-S38 is midway between the company’s N100 server and its range-topping N1Z EX and N10 models. You might think that because they have no moving parts, solid-state drives (SSD) would be inherently superior to their spinning cousins (HDDs or hard disk drives), but there is much debate about which sounds the best.
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