Has any of you had a chance to experience the effect of the new Melco S1 switch?
These are £12.5k in the UK. Very few people are in the market for a switch at that price level.
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Yes, but I’m one of them, and I suspect there are a few more here too. The N1 music library was an incredible improvement and if the S1 can do the same trick it will be a ‘no brainer’, and likely my last major hifi investment.
Fair enough.
I would suggest you also look at the Network Acoustics Tempus switch. I have a friend with one of these; astonishingly good.
Thanks Simon. Ideally, I would borrow one of each of these switches to try in my own system.
However, there are no dealers in Ireland and Brexit has made it very difficult, almost impossible, to borrow (or buy on sale or return) from the UK.
Give Network Acoustics a call; they may be able to sort something out on a sale or return. They’re only a small outfit and I’ve found them to be responsive & helpful.
From a quick glance at the user guide it appears that the SFP ports on the Tempus re not currently usable. I have my Melco N1 connected to the network using SFP on the Melco S100. The improvement was considerable and I wouldn’t like to drop it.