I have looked at the Melco which got the S'phile A+ rating and have wondered why it does not seem to be as popular as the aurender despite its lower price (I think). Can you or @ghdprentice give an opinion why that is? Is the software as easily navigated as the aurender conductor? Does it too play from the cache memory like the aurender? FWIW I have a streamer Dac now that sounds pretty good. but trying to listen to it is a total nightmare. One glitch after another mostly because of too many different pieces trying to communicate IMO. I've used computers since 1991 but I'm getting too old to troubleshoot so often. I'm thinking that the built in HDD will be a big part of simplifying the process
@rockrider Thanks for the info. Extra credit for going the extra mile also. Thanks again