Aurender N100H or Auralic Aries?


Thought I would seek the opinion of everyone here. If you had to choose between these two units, which one would you choose? Please don’t offer suggestions for a myriad of alternatives I am interested in feedback on these two pieces of equipment. (Sorry, sit on your hands MicroRendu owners).
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dlcockrum, As you requested, I use the James Romeyn Pure Grid Power!” AC Mains W/Rhodium Plated Contacts on all my audio equipment including the Aurender.  Please call James at (435) 213-3953 if you are interested.   He custom builds these power cords that include the Rhodium plugs.  I also use his Rhodium plated contacts wall plugs.

I am using the Audience Au24 SE USB Cable, one meter, Single connections at each end but two wires.  I received this USB cable last week and it is excellent.

Congratulations on purchasing the Aurender N100H Music Server.  





"James Romeyn Pure Grid Power"

@hgeifman, looks like a garden variety copper cable with high quality plugs. It’s like putting formula 1 tires on a Honda Civic (no pun intended).

I think you will hear audible improvements with a better PC for instance, Audience Au24 SEi - LP or MP for your N10, IMHO.
The Aurender arrived today. What a beautiful and solidly-built piece of audio gear it is! Had it installed and streaming Tidal in 15 minutes. Very nice.

One question for Aurender owners: When streaming Tidal "Masters" with the N100H, my DAC shows it is only receiving a 24/48 signal instead of the 24/96 signal when fed from my laptop. Am I missing something in the Aurender setup or maybe a setting in the Tidal portion of the software? Can anyone verify that their DAC is receiving a 24/96 signal when streaming Tidal Masters from their Aurender? 

Dave