In that case, I would definitely go for the 224+. However, thank you for pointing out the 225+ as that is what I would likely get.
Which NAS works well with WiiM Pro?
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"only"? That's like 50% the price lol.
What benefit do the plus versions provide? - sorry, I'm not technically well versed with NAS unless I research the issue.What about the non plus models?
DiskStation® DS223 | Synology Inc.
Data management platform for home and small officewww.synology.com
About £40 less then the Plus.What about the non plus models?
DiskStation® DS223 | Synology Inc.
Data management platform for home and small office
I haven't looked but running costs may be slightly higher with the Plus.
Yes but in monetary terms it's not that much; it's not even a Pro!
EDIT: The Pro seems to be discounted to £125 at the moment!
I truly understand and respect what you mean but I see it as a one time investment for the next 5 to 7 years. I'd rather sacrifice a bit at this stage than hit a brick wall after 2 years.
By running costs do you mean electricity consumption?
Yes. Check the spec sheet for the current model on the Synology site.
Definitely seems like a really good software / server but I think I'm going to resort to the built-in solution provided by Synology.
Probably RAM / NVME cache upgrades? With faster CPU.
What exactly will be using it for?
I'm not too fussed about slightly higher running costs as long as the solution itself is good and reliable.
I found Synology audio station/media server artwork creation not that great. Created about 20GB of hidden folders/files, I think it created one directory with multiple png/tiff per album or track, can't remember. The constant indexing/file check update to slow system down.
ie if I'm converting or updating music in the music dir it'll keep on (audio station/media server) checking and updating those files.
Best for the software to only check files manually process.
What benefit do the pro versions provide?
For now music only but I see myself using it for movies too at some point (4K minimum and possibly 8K)
Can one disable the artwork creation in order to stop that entire process? Lists without images is what I want.
I think Roon is expensive but it's probably the only platform that can play anything from anywhere, all within its phone app.
EDIT: I suppose PLEX is another interesting solution for both music and movies - have any of you used it?
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Not sure it's pretty basic. All I know is it was slowing down, if I was mass tagging, converting etc. I used Winscp to SSH into the nas and delete all hidden \@eardir that was within each folder and reclaimed back 20-30GB
Wiim Pro has better DAC. If you're using analogue out then go for the Wiim pro. The standard Wiim is ok if you use digital out
I already have the Wiim Ultra
