Looking for a NAS that supports gapless playback

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Mike Barclay

Hello,

 

First post here.

I have just ordered a NAD C658 DAC. It will be certified into my home Crestron system to send music to multiple speakers.

I have a large lossless music library (FLAC, ALAC, DSD) stored on a Synology DS411+. The Synology just died. I need to buy a new NAS.

I understand the NAD C658 and its BluOS will support gapless playback (ideal for live albums). My old Synology did not support gapless playback. I just submitted a Support Ticket to Synology and they responded confirming they still do not support gapless playback outside of a web browser. 

I will not be using a web browser. The flow of music files will go:

NAS > NAD C658 DAC BluOS > Crestron Home Stereo Swamp > Speakers

Might someone be able to suggest a NAS that will support gapless playback within this routing architecture?

Thank you,

MB

 

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    Bjørn Ulvik
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    Hi Mike.

    Blueos is buffering your queued files so basically all music from local/network shares are played gapless.

    Synology DS Audio are not able to play gapless outside a web browser, but since your Bluesound equipment are using the share and not the media server, there will be no issue playing gapless from "whatever" brand of NAS you choose.


  • Mike Barclay

    Hi Bjorn,

    Thank you very much for your answer.

     

    Mike

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  • Richard Thomas

    Hi Mike

    I have a Synology NAS drive and have no issues with gapless playback. For reference mine is a DS115J with a 2TB Seagate HD installed.

     

    Richard

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