Melco N1-S38 Music Server

Tokyo, Japan, 1 March 2023: Melco Audio, the Japanese digital music expert, has launched the N1-S38, an all-new flagship SSD-based digital music library offering the best sonic performance in the company’s history.

The new ground-up design is based around a new platform, with a new chassis and casework, plus new power supplies. It offers a previously unreached performance level.

A full-width design, the all-new N1-S38 distils Melco’s decades-long digital music storage, transfer and playback knowledge into an advanced new flagship with great new features.

The Melco N1-S38 benefits from a totally new set of system electronics, a new mainboard, plus a new mains transformer, supply and local regulators.

An audio-specific custom 3.84 TB SSD drive, which benefits from Melco’s proprietary layered, rigid SSD mounter, is directly connected to the data path without any intervening RAID controller; on-board memory is increased, too.

Hand-made in Japan, in line with all of Melco’s uncompromising digital libraries, the N1-S38 is the first all-new Melco design since the half-width N10 and N100 series launched in 2018.

The all-new Melco N1-S38 builds on Melco’s proven, unique architecture which carefully transports delicate signal data while avoiding noisy high-speed elements and fast processors.

Technical Specifications 

Music storage
1 x specially selected 3.84 TB SSD
Network connectivity
LAN Port-Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-T),
Dedicated PLAYER port, Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-T),
SFP Port (1000 mbps MAX)
USB connectivity
USB 2.0 port USB DAC-dedicated
USB 3.0 port USB DAC-dedicated USB 3.0 backup port
USB 3.0 expansion port
USB 3.0 port for music importing and CD drives, USB 3.0
front panel port for importing and DACs
USB player file support: DSF, DFF, FLAC, WAV, ALAC, AIFF
and AAC
USB player sample rate support
16-32 bit (PCM) to 384 kHz:- auto downsample to suit
connected DACs
Gapless PCM support
1 bit (DSD) to 11.3 MHz Quad DSD Markerless DSD support
DSD to 32 bit PCM conversion selectable Gapless DSD
support
OLED displays player sample rate
Power supply
AC 230 V
Size 440 x 82 x 353mm
Weight 14 kg