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Okay time to jump on board and get myself a NAS, had a good chat with Matt today and he said Synology is pretty good, just wanting to start simple with maybe something that with take a couple of drives up to 6 to 8tb....... will use the Oppo as my media player and just looking for something simplistic that I can copy my BR's to and playback without hassle along with some music about the only other thing it will be used for is to store some RAW photo images, no TV and I pretty much don't use the torrent sites......... look forward to some suggestions please but once again let's use the K.I.S.S. theory..........

Item:NAS 4 bay with or without drives Price Range: fair Item Condition: New or Used Extra Info: A Synology 412+ would do the job.

Item: Qnap 251+ NAS with 8gb Crucial DDR3 RAM Memory installed Location: Melbourne Price: $400 pickup. Happy to post for $20 extra Australia Wide Item Condition: Excellent. Reason for selling: Upgraded to a music server with in-built, supplied, non-user upgradeable storage Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: - I just sold me SSD's which were installed in this NAS, so I no longer require my QNAP - I purchased this 27th August 2016 from Futu Online Australia (official Australian QNAP stock) and have the receipt. It came with 2 years QNAP warranty for me. - Upgraded the RAM from the standard 2gb to 8gb Crucial DDR3 - This is just the diskless NAS and it's 8gb RAM - no hard disk storage supplied - This QNAP 251+ with 8gb Crucial RAM is $550 new at the moment. - Check out my feedback - buy with confidence !

The latest software upgrade on the Bryston BDP-1 & BDP-2 which arrived in the last few days, now gives access to the Roon software, with a 60 day free trial. All the discussion on Roon focuses on the interface. I don't think the interface is anything special. In fact I don't like it because if forces you to set up your music library the way Roon wants, not the way you want. The Manic Moose software which comes with the Bryston BDP-1 allows you to organize your library the way you have it in your computer. The primary reason for trying Roon is not the interface but the SOUND QUALITY. People seem to have overlooked this part. NO ONE I have asked about Roon has ever told me what the sound quality is like compared to other commercial music playing programs. I also use JRiver but JRiver is not compatible with Bryston BDP-1 and has to be used directly linked to the DAC. Right off the bat Roon is a sonic revelation. It is way better than JRiver connected directly via Audioquest Vodka ethernet cable. Roon has similar sound character as JRiver but the noise floor is lower via the Bryston BDP-1. This allows much more bloom and a spectacular soundstage. It is by far the best digital sound I have heard on my system and competes with my vinyl set up (cartridge needs to be rebuilt). The default Bryston software (Manic Moose) sounds like flat digital sound when compared to Roon. JRiver has some latency problems and so does Roon. But the latency problems with Roon are not as frequent or severe. I may get a small skip in an album. (I listen to albums, not tracks). With more familiarity the Roon interface may grow on me. I have little interest in metadata information. I will buy Roon for the sound quality and hope I can fix the latency problem.