My experience is that you cannot just plug the Nadac into a standard router eg an AIrport Extreme in my case ( thereby into your LAN) and have it reliably connect to a server also on your LAN. It won't. Presumably because then it has two unmanaged switches - but none of that means much to me. All I know is in order to use their App it has t be on your LAN, and it can't be on your LAN if something else is, at least through a standard AE.
As I understand it Merging have in fact written custom firmware for a Dell switch, dedicating 4 ports to the Nadac/Hapi. Why not package one preconfigured if that would solve the issue. Who cares if it is redundant? so what? There is $120 of Dell redundancy there. I would prefer redundancy and something that worked as intended, than something that doesn't or may not. That is all I'm saying: that Merging should make it as close to a plug and play experience as they can for the likely target market, which is middle aged audiophiles with the cash to buy one of these things. Most of the target audience will only have my level of computer audio experience, at best. Probably alot less. Ditto the dealers.
With respect mate, unless and until you have a Nadac in your living room, your comments, while helpful and well intentioned, are not borne of experience. Mine are. Perhaps you may care to keep that in mind.
If you want mine, I'll sell it to you, and you can go to town.
