Streamer Selection - Thoughts Requested Please!

We can offer you the 432Evo Servers

he Evo is a full Roon core and endpoint and it has been designed from its inception to run Ronn:

 

in fact we are one of the very few servers designed to explloit a multi core cpu for better Roon sound quality:

we have created a proprietary os that runs Roon in its own cpu core, while using another core to run housekeeping and backend processes

wile another core addresses streaming file allocation and caching.

We have actually compared our 432Evo Aeon $7800, vs the 12k Aurender N20 

Everyone who heard the demo felt the Aeon produced a dramatically better sound out of the same Dac.

The Aeon was more three dimensional, and had greater depth of field,  and the midrange was richer, all in all the Aeon was a more engaging sounding server.

 

On another note, we have a few advantages over aurender and other servers:

 

1: We are an upgradable, modular platform, this means you can upgrade an Aeon to our flagship Master.

Our Master 16k is shockingly close to the $30k Taiko extreme so we represent a server which is very close to the worlds best server yet is half the price.

The upgradable modular nature of our servers means as better parts become available, we can swap out new parts so we have a platform you can grow with.

We compared our $7800Aeon to a 25k Innous Statement with upgraded power supply after AXPONA at a Chicago dealers’ showroom.

all listeners concluded the Aeon sounded just as good as the Statement.

Now consider our Master sounds even better, yet still costs considerably less than the Statement.

This means you can start with an Aeon and upgrade to a Master later.

 

This also means our products can evolve so if a better sound card or Clock card comes out, we can easily upgrade our server.

also, our Master actually contains 3 separate toroidal transformers which is far superior to Innous single transformer design 

 

As per is2 being better it is not  better then usb and the lack of standards makes it impossible to support.

we have done everything possible  to maximize performance while eliminating digital noise.

 

dave and Troy

audio intellect NJ

us importers 432 Evo music servers.

I use a Aurender X100L with a external DAC....You don’t use the conductor app when streaming music, you just have to start the app and make sure its connected, then minimize and start Tidal or Qobuz and your good. You only use the Conductor app when copying or playing music through the internal hard drives.

 

BTW the sound is really amazing , im listening to (Tidal) CD quality sound right now and its impressive, I may switch to Studio quality later. However I thought Qobuz has excellent sound with just the basic subscription.

 

Matt M

Holo Red streamer with PS Audio Mk I. The Holo is a big leap in audible quality over Bridge II. I had to wait for 7 weeks for delivery, but for $800 one cannot beat this for multiples at this price. Not sure why they are no longer in stock. Its a beautiful gem. Neal

@mattmiller  Thanks for the description of just streaming on the Aurender. Since I am presently only streaming with Tidal and not initially planning on copying or playing music on a hard drive it would make for a very simple start! 

 

@norust I had a similar streaming journey with several computers and a Node 2i upgraded with the PD Creative board and a SBooster ECO linear power supply. It sounded quite good.  I’ve not heard your Yggy, I use a Chord Qutest DAC with an Hugo M-Scaler.  Upgrade your digital coax output to the DAC.  I used Audioquest Carbon and then a Nordost Silver Shadow. Each was a step up.  If you use USB, definitely upgrade it.  Especially if you go to an Aurender N150.  

I’ve now used a N150 for over 6 months.  The sonics are outstanding, 5 on a 5 point scale. However, the Conductor App is easy to use but lacks in a key area for me.  I listen to mostly jazz.  The Conductor App has decent information on the main artist in a song but 90%+ of the time there is nothing about the associated artists in a song or album.  Same for classic rock.  Who’s playing the sax?  Forget it, you can’t find out on the Conductor App if it’s not the main artist. Now I understand why people love Roon.

Customer support from Aurender is outstanding!  Not only have I seen many improvements to the Conductor App but they are great on individual support requests as well.  Thanks Kelly!  

Music discovery is good on the Conductor App because of “Allow Auto Play” which adds different songs/artists based on what you’ve played when you hit end of queue. 

Use the native music service connections on Conductor for the best sound quality, not Apple Airplay or other apps.  

I also used an Apple Mac Mini so I can add info there if you are considering that. There’s pros and cons like on everything else.