Streamer for LTA Aero

We would recommend a 432 EVO server

Our Aon is the highest performing server/streamer we have tested and to date we have tested vs the innous statement Aurender n10 and n20 and the Grimm a lot these streamers are double or triple the cost of our Aeon.

We compared an Aeon to a Innous statement next gen $27k and found the 1/3^rd less expensive 432Evo aeon to sound just as good,

We tested vs a 12k Aurender n20 and we sounded better.

One client tested vs the grimm which is more expensive and slightly preferred the Aeon.

All 432evo servers offer a modular, fully- upgradable design with a 2tb ssd and a built in cd burner.

Unlike most competitors all parts of the server are physically and electrically separated from one another:

our CPU is a specially tested, low noise, high speed Intel multi core processor residing on its own board,

the clock card and USB  card are also separated and the cpu is powered by its own external Sbooster power supply, while the sensitive clock and USB cards are powered by their own external power supply the hard drive is even shock mounted of a proprietary laser sintered, floating suspension system.

The proprietary Operating system has been designed for low latency and to maximize Roons sound quality by utilizing the cpu’s multiple cores to maximize Roon's  sound quality: one core runs the roon program while another core runs the machines back ground processes and on yet another core caches the music files.

The combination of advanced hardware coupled with our operating system and custom software ensures a level of musicality that has to be heard to be believed.

Dave and Troy

Audio Intellect NJ

432evo dealers

Reaching for a CD allows you to play music without a functioning internet on your network Streamers will not. Are you ready to live with that? The only non network player was available for less than a year.

Moving on, the feature set is far more critical than "matching" any DAC.

You have managed to attract sales pitches.

just a note of appreciation for the measured wisdom displayed by most posters and especially the OP….

Here is a follow-up take on this, you can get by with less computing power since your LTA Aero has no DSD or MQA support.  
We all started somewhere, which mostly is not the same place we end up.  If you want to get your feet wet with a solution that provides good sound right out of the gate, for a modest cost, you could do much worse than this sonicTransporter i5, ultraRendu with 7V LPS bundle for just over $2K.  Add a 2TB SSD for $350 or 4TB for $600, plus a CD ripper for $240 from SGC, or for less than $100 from somewhere like OWC or B&H, and you have a total solution that would accommodate your entire CD collection for less than $3K. Since you would have separates, you could incrementally upgrade over time, if you even believe it is necessary.  Call Andrew at SGC and he will answer any questions you have about getting started and the support he provides.

IMO, Roon is an easy way to integrate your own ripped files with streaming services (I use both Tidal and Qobuz), and offers unmatched metadata as well as Roon Radio, from which I learn about new music almost every time I listen, but there are less expensive solutions.

At the very entry level, you could start with Roon’s own Nucleus One for $500 and run a USB directly to your Aero.  You could add a streamer like one of the Rendu options at a later time if desired.

There is no one right solution.

@phaelon 

Another vote for the N200. I haven’t put memory in it because the CD’s that are ripped on my NAS, sound fantastic to me.
 

And BTW, you can use almost any computer to rip your CD’s.