![]() ![]() The quickest way to gain an understanding of the whole proposition is found in a four-page PDF here (obtained by clicking on ‘More Info’ beneath the EX Series logo on the ‘Range’ page). MIML should very much appeal to existing Melco users. ![]() There then followed two years of integration effort that have borne fruit in MIML. As he was aware of Jaikoz, he pulled in Paul Taylor of JThink to add his automated variant SongKong. As he was aware that many users had a mess of poorly tagged audio data, he also saw that an automated metadata correction ability would fit the bill too. ![]() Alan wanted a better sounding, more classical-capable server software and Minim fitted the bill. Having been a paying user of both products for the past seven years, MIML was therefore of particular interest to me.Īlan Ainslie, previously General Manager at Melco and currently Managing Director of its European distributor ADMM, essentially pioneered the concept by persuading Simon Nash, the Minim developer, of the inherent worth of the Melco hardware platform. It’s replaced by the much-favoured Minimserver, along with the addition of the similarly innovative SongKong from JThink – makers of Jaikoz. As this new platform takes hold, it will bid goodbye to the venerable Twonky Server software that Melco hitherto recommended. The term used for the new offering is Melco Intelligent Music Library, or MIML to its friends. Indeed, all the company’s existing devices have been badged with a removable EX-series flash on the front right corner, to denote the almost total replacement of the internal software package… SOFT MACHINE This particular model has two 3TB drives in a non-mirrored configuration, giving over 5TB of useable storage, enough for all but the most deranged music obsessive! It’s a nifty bit of kit that has recently got niftier still, thanks to the more intuitive and powerful software suite now bundled with it. For those with deeper wallets the £4,999 | S$7,200 flagship N1Z variant has a more discrete power supply, and there are variants of both in different form factors. The N1A (for short) has attractive full-width CD player dimensions, and costs a not unreasonable £2,749 | S$3,700. The HA-N1A/2EX-H60 combo you see here is Melco’s entry-level offering, designed for people who perhaps are not quite yet – but fully intend to – get serious about networked audio. – is an offshoot of the familiar disk enclosure manufacture Buffalo of Japan, and that pedigree is apparent in the sweet internal build of the products. Melco has had great success in establishing its own brand of network music servers and associated peripherals in the past six years, in markets as diverse as the UK and Japan. ![]()
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