

- Jaikoz or songkong upgrade#
- Jaikoz or songkong software#
- Jaikoz or songkong trial#
- Jaikoz or songkong Pc#
But, I couldn’t help feeling the marketing around the EX upgrade which includes built in Minim Server and SongKong was overblown. And I could get other control apps such as Kazoo and Lumin to work but sadly not the Melco App itself.ĭealer was very helpful but couldn’t solve at a distance.Ĭonnected via ethernet into my ND5 XS it worked fine. I could see it on my local network on my Mac and could import my music library.
Jaikoz or songkong software#
I couldn’t get the Melco HD software to connect to see my Denafrips dac connected directly via USB Denafrips isn’t listed in the supported dacs so maybe not unreasonable. Im still assessing whether I see any sound benefit however would offer a few thoughts on my experience. I bought an ex demo N1A EX from a dealer a few weeks ago to replace the western digital my cloud I have been using since I bought my UQ2 and started my Naim journey several years ago.
Jaikoz or songkong Pc#
It can be done - mine is mapped as an external drive on my PC now and is easy to access and manage exactly like any external HD.Īgree with Jan that the first step is to connect to the server using Mac finder as suggested. There are other metadata editors you can use - but getting access to the Melco drive is the first thing to get solved. I changed a few Album covers to be the correct ones - and even on some albums had different album artworks for each track from the photo-shoot the original were selected from. It comes up as a web page on your browser and you can easy navigate to music and change anything in Metadata you like.
Jaikoz or songkong trial#
The Songkong worked well - mine expired after a coupleof years but that was my fault for not purchasing it after the trial version expired. This is what I did - the user/pw credentials can block you unless you happen to know that - I was annoyed for a bit trying to connect until I recalled my Dealer telling me this info.

When asked for user/password enter ” nobody” on both. At the bottom of the menu you have an alternative ”Connect to server” or something similar, select and enter smb://192.168.1.95 (should be your IP-number). In the Finder you have a menu called Go or similar (sorry, I have the Swedish version of macOS). Next note the IP-number on the Melco display.

SMB is the Windows file sharing protocol but no problem with a mac. On the panel (or via Melco Remote) select Settings and make sure you have SMB File Sharing enabled. (This is an entirely different question - but is the Innuos ecosytem easier to use?) My current feeling is that I would rather rip all my cds to a core from scratch than learn about songkong etc but perhaps it is worth persevering with Various firmware updates have improved it but why was it so awful to start with?Īnd I have always and only ripped using the Melco ripper Albeit replacing the core’s wonderful ease of use with a nightmarishly clunky bit of tech that I am not trained to deal withĪt least the Melco is better behaved than it used to be - the first year I had it, it failed to display any album art around 90% of the time, and refused around 25% of attempted rips (using Melco ripper). But I do recognise that my n1z Melco does sound better than a core. I look at melco’s website and it talks about songkong and minim server and I am lost The Melco app on my phone has never connected with the n1z This evening I can’t even “see” it on my Mac network in the finder pages If I try to access the Melco on the network from a mac it refuses - maybe I need software to enable that. I have macs not pcs if that makes any difference. So in words of one syllable (please), how do I get so that I can edit metadata fixed on my Melco? Some of the artists it has picked to assign to albums are utter garbage, the assigned genres are sometimes utter nonsense, there is some album art missing, and finding stuff can be a nightmare. A Naim core would be much easier to live with but given that I am aiming for an S1 pre maybe I shouldn’t give up so easily!

I am on the verge of abandoning Melco cos I find it stressful to deal with.
