Choosing a Storage System for Your High Resolution Audio Collection

As the music industry has quickly shifted away from physical medias like CDs and been replaced by digital downloads and streaming services, quality has often been compromised. In most cases, MP3 downloads and streams are highly compressed files with low bitrates. This means that many music files give nowhere near the audio quality that was originally intended.

Although lower quality files may be ideal for the commute to work, many music lovers and audiophiles want much better. Enter high resolution audio files; high resolution audio is still a digital file, however, the file is much larger and as a result, the audio quality is closer to the original recording. Whilst many music lovers continue to enjoy the warmth of vinyl, digital high resolution files keep much of the quality of analog recordings, but take up less physical space and make it easier for the listener to trawl through their music library and find what they are looking for.

How to store your digital high resolution music library?

With the growth of digital music, a dedicated high resolution music library is becoming a necessity for music lovers. Although high resolution files can be stored on a wide range of more conventional IT devices, in many cases, computers’ built in music players are not designed to support this file format and automatically compress the files. As a result, no matter how good your hi-fi system is, you will not hear the intended quality of music files.

To fill the market created by the growth of high resolution audio, a variety of products with audiophile-grade components have been created to store and protect music files, whilst playing them back at the intended quality. For example, the Melco N1A HDD Music Library is designed with high resolution in mind. From the ground up, the highest quality components are used, from the power supply, to the specialist network player, LAN and all rear-mounted connections.

Everything about the Melco N1A HDD Music Library is designed to keep the integrity of high resolution music, both in storage and in playback. However, despite the focus on quality, the N1A HDD doesn’t compromise on usability, so it can be appreciated by all music lovers, without having to go to the handbook every time they try to play their favourite song. By connecting the LAN, the music library and player can be controlled by iOS and Android devices, as well as connecting to internet radio and streaming sites and apps.

If you are interested in choosing the best storage system for high resolution audio to suit your music collection, you can contact MCRU on 01484 540561.