UI performance BS5/BM5 vs. BS5 Encore

Hi, I think I read all comparison threads about the BS5 / BS5encore, but there is no mention of the difference in UI performance between the two. I know that installing a SSD on beomaster 5 improves the speed considerably. I only played with the BS5 a few times in a store, and it keeps appearing on my whishlist, despite the old technology and windows xp involved. My Beomedia 1 was too slow for me (starting up, skipping tracks, etc), but I fear the BS5 is similar.

Can anyone shed some light on the differences in user interface performance and navigation speed with Beo4 between:

a) BS5+BM5 with standard HDD

b) BS5+BM5 with SSD

c) BS5 encore (in my case it would be wired with ethernet to a synology ds418 NAS)

My current preference is option b since I can choose to start N.music on BS5 using A.MEM/A.TAPE in Beo4, which is not possible on the BS5e. And the BM5 is more hackable than the BS5e I think.

Thanks in advance, and please point me to a different thread if this is discussed before!

Hi

I upgraded to ssd and that really made a huge difference when scrolling through albums.

If you have many albums the BS5 will sometimes hang a little bit when scrolling quickly from ie letter A to T.

I don’t use the music so much anymore but I would not be without the ssd.

Bump up of this thread.

Any (former) dealers out there with experience? I am looking for the difference in UI performance between BM/BS and BS5 encore.

And if the music is locally placed on the HDD of the BM vs. streamed from a NAS in the network to the BM5?

As background: I want to add either a BS5 or a BS5 Encore to my Beomaster 5500 system for my digital music and radio, without the need for a iPhone or iPad.