Dela (Melco) – Music Servers

Announcement : Melco rebrands to DelaDELA

Melco’s parent company Buffalo (one of the biggest storage media manufacturers in the world) have decided to re-brand Melco in Europe to “Dela” – the name used worldwide for their product range.  As new products arrive with the Dela brand, we’ll be updating our website.

 

HiFi Cinema – Dela Master Dealer

HiFi Cinema has been awarded Master Dealer status to recognise our outstanding product knowledge, demonstration facilities and stock. This enables us to understand your requirements, offer suitable solutions and demonstrate the unique capabilities of the Dela Server range. You will also have access to extended warranties which are not available from anywhere other than Dela Master dealers.  For the best possible advice on acquiring, storing and delivering your music, call us !

We also have some Dela / Melco servers and other products on special offer as ex-demonstration and traded-in units – check them out on our Dela Special Offers page here.

Dela have become synonymous with superb music servers, which bring streaming playback up to a new level altogether. Don’t just take our word for it though, visit our showroom and hear for yourself !  We haven’t found a music streamer or DAC that isn’t very significantly improved by using a Dela source, from a humble Sonos player to a mighty Klimax DSM, or Naim ND555 music streamer.

 

The world’s first audiophile grade source component to access, store, deliver and play HiRes Digital Music without the compromise of computer hardware and peripherals, was debuted by Melco Nov, 2014. Since then Dela’s (Formerly Melco) uncompromised audio NAS components have been the talk of the awards. Regularly used by leading audio manufacturers to showcase their devices, they are the de-facto HiRes audio storage and player solution.

The NAS drive installed in a high-end digital streaming music system is firmly in the computer domain, however it turns out that the way it operates has an impact on the sound that comes out of the speakers. We originally thought that this area was parametrically isolated from the music, however, because of the way that network traffic splits data streams into packets, the packets can get re-ordered by other network traffic. This means the streaming player has to spend time and effort re-assembling them into the correct order again, and this can add significant jitter into the decoded data stream, affecting performance. We found this hard to believe, as we thought most decent streaming players went to extraordinary lengths to de-jitter the re-assembled data streams. The proof however, is in the playing, and sufficient enough for us to spend some significant money on updating our demonstration stock to include a range of Dela Servers and Network Switches.

Dela Product Lineup

Dela N1 (£13,999)

  • Dela N-14TB x 1 SSD
  • Heavy brass non-magnetic SSD foundation
  • SSD is covered by a non-magnetic stainless shield cover
  • Dedicated Neutrik USB-DAC port
  • Dual Power Supplies
  • Capacitor bank with audio grade film capacitors
  • Silver/Black aluminium case
  • New processing logic ( precision slow data writing and accurate high speed data retrieval)
  • Self integrity check

 

Dela N5 (£7,999)

Dela N-5

 

  • Selected 6TB HDD drive with Dela HS3 (Highly Stable Storage System) mounting to optimise sound quality
  • Pro-grade Neutrik ethernet connectors
  • Ethernet SFP port for optical LAN connectivity
  • Pro-grade Amphenol USB connectors
  • 2 x USB 3.0 ports and 1 x USB 2.0 port for easy backup, expansion and DAC connectivity
  • Easy music import from CD, USB flash drives or
  • HDD drives
  • MinimServer or Twonky UPnP server or Roon Endpoint selectable
  • SongKong metadata editor

 

Melco N50-S38 (£4,999)

  • 3.84Tb SSD StorageDela N-50
  • 1.7mm thick full-width chassis for better rigidity
  • Extra capacity dynamic power supply
  • Additional Mains filtering
  • 4 x dedicated USB 3.0 connections on the rear panel

 

Dela D100 (£1,199)

  • Dela D-100 CD RipperAudiophile Optical Disc Drive for N1 and PC for Audio
  • Support Optical Disc CD ( CD-DA disc read only ) DVD / BD ( DVD / BD data disc read only )
  • LCO branded circuit board is optimized
  • Artifully designed thick aluminum case

 Dela S-1 Flagship Data Switch (£12,999 )

 Dela S-1The DELA S1Flagship Audio Network Switch is the ultimate network switch for audiophiles wanting the very
best connectivity and data switching for digital audio.
Featuring a host of connectivity and set-up options, the S1 is a truly adaptive network switch, designed specifically to offer the most discerning audiophiles the finest digital audio network platform.
With new dedicated electronics, this pre-programmed managed switch is designed to extract the best possible audio performance regardless of the network connectivity or architecture. Delivering extreme technical performance and great versatility, the S1 sets new standards for data switches in audio systems, epitomising DELA’s absolute goal to create the very finest digital audio platform available.

Dela S-1 rearOffering a combination of four SFP+ ports and seven RJ45 ports, all with front panel user configuration of link speed, the DELA S1 will accommodate Optical SFP+, Copper SFP+ Direct Attach (for example DELA C1) and all standard RJ45 interconnects.
Uniquely, the DELA S1 gives the user capability to fine tune each data port for Link Speed directly from the front panel in real time. The front panel buttons mirror the back panel layout with each port having a single button to select Link Speed, which is confirmed by colour coded feedback of the button illumination.

Dela S5 Data Switch (£7,999)

Dela S-5

Based on the flagship S-1 data switch, the Dela S-5 uses a similar connection strategy and many of the features of the S-1 like individual port configuration (Off / slow speeds for low noise / higher speeds where required) with plenty of SFP ports for optical coupling or direct connection to your streamer as well as 7 Ethernet ports.

The performance of the S-5 has to be heard to be believed – Network switches are one of the hardest products to convince people to buy, right up to the moment they actually hear one – then its a complete game changer !

Dela S50 Data Switch (£3,299)

Dela have updated the features and performance of the highly acclaimed “Melco S100,” a network switch designed specifically for audio streaming, while maintaining its compact size and condensing its functionality. The S50 is DELA’s new standard switch, evolving from the popular “Melco S100” and “S100/2.” It features a built-in power supply and a wide range of configuration options.

 

 

  • 3x SFP+/SFP ports* (10Gbps or 1Gbps, compatible with DELA “C1” cable)
  • 6x RJ45 LAN ports (1Gbps, 100Mbps or 10Mbps, compatible with DELA “C100” cable)
  • Additionally, it includes a USB power output port for accessories. (Not for data transfering)

 

Read the S-50 review here:   DELA S50 Switch Review

 

Dela C1AE1 (from £79)

  • Melco C1AE Cat7 CableWide bandwidth Category 7 construction for low jitter
  • Precision 100 ohm balanced twisted data pairs for perfect transmission
  • Precision 100 ohm accurate and rigid mechanical
  • alignment connectors ensures stable performance without possibility of mechanical misalignment
  • Unbreakable latch for precise alignment
  • Individual screening of each data pair eliminates crosstalk
  • Gold plated data connectors and shield
  • 0.5 m(1.6 ft), 1.0 m(3.2 ft), 2.0 m(6.5 ft), 3.0 m(9.8 ft)

ADOT MC01 (from £479 )


The perfect compliment to a Dela Switch – this little device is more than just a fibre optic converter

It performs data packet reconstruction and has an SFP adapter that plugs straight into the SFP port on your Dela or Melco Switch.  Isolates your entire HiFi system from conducted RF noise and makes everything sound better !

  • Fibre-Optic isolation
  • Gigabit Ethernet connection
  • Optical cables up to 50m
  • reduces noise into your HiFi from the network
  • works by magic!
For more information on the MC01 contact us, or see the ADMM website here

ADOT ASR-100 Audiophile Add-On Router (£279)

This little router could transform the reliability and stability of your streaming system.  How many times have you found a device missing off your home network, or had to reboot your control app. to connect it properly ?  Usually when this happens we recommend the customer ditches their router given by the service provider, and we install a Draytech Vigor enterprise grade router which we can configure, and this always fixes the problem.   However this new ADOT router is a lot less expensive, and really is plug and play as its factory pre-configured to provide a separate network just for your HiFi system.   All the excess network traffic on your home system is kept where it should be – not on your HiFi network, and the UPnP signalling is given priority (Thats the data packets that advertise your devices on the network and send control signals).  It even has its own WiFi signals, keeping them seperate from your domestic WiFi traffic.   Simply log your control device onto “Guest Music”

Read the detail here :   ADOT ASR-100 press release

Some Testimonials:

“My Buffalo CD Drive has arrived and is up and running and starting the process to digitise my cd collection in combination with my Melco N1ZH60.
The sound through my Dali speakers is a truly excellent and hard to believe that what I thought was good using my Zone Ripper previously, just fades away with the listening results from the Melco.
I am very grateful to Alan at HiFi Cinema who invited me along to a listening test and was really informative about why your technology is so good in simple layman terms, and as a result, I  upgraded to my new sound system around the Melco.
Here’s to many hours of wonderful listening!
Kind regards
Ken”
Another happy customer ! :
“When I asked you how the Melco play, and when you answered that it plays better than a 555 cd player nobody would believe it, but the way you told it, sounded like “this guy had a unique expérience” and you made me curious.
Today, I understood what you mean, I am just astonished, I just spend through my very well known cd’s I just ripped, those songs I know every note and every detail of those cd’s. But I was wrong, I was not hearing everything of it till I got the Melco.
I just discovered a new dimension of listening, much more detail, sooo much more more depth and precision, rapidity and still detailed, a perfection I could never believe that could come out from my speakers. every note, every finger, the  air in the guitar, it’s just incroyable….
The only time I ever heard a comparable detail was from a single ended 300B tube amplifier. but always lacking power.
But this combination with Melco, chord 2qute, supernait2,  brings the same detail with power and the punch get in the stomach when they kick the drum.
This is much more I expected. Even on very complex quick orchestra, the system just follows and reflects every detail of the crowd, instruments and … stuff, which even my ears are not used to hear yet…
Now I have to go to bed unfortunately, I am looking forward to listen more tomorrow.
I thank you again,    Besim”

I just wanted to drop a quick note to say I am highly impressed with the Melco bundle. It was sounding good during Alan’s visit, but I spent several hours glued to the system in the evening.I did a quick A-B with my old internet connection using London Grammar’s Missing – it only needed to be quick because the difference was huge. It sounded OK before but it always seemed a bit stodgy, lifeless and speaker bound. Now it is detailed and spacious, with clarity and dynamic deep bass. It has transformed the relatively cheap entry level Cambridge Audio MXN10 network player that I recently got as a stop gap, and I can now focus on the room dynamics and start saving for some classic Naims!Thanks so much for steering me in the right direction. Your advocacy for the importance of the network connection is highly valuable.

Kind regardsPaul