Aurender N10

@ihmeyers 

I just wrote three or four paragraphs and Agon' decided it didn't want to save it.

Nutshell - The N10 is very capable, with ease, dynamics, amazing 3D soundstage and musician placement - you can hear them just where they are on stage.

I agree with @lalitk in that if you have a very high resolution system you will be very rewarded in the N10.

The N10 is also significantly better than the A10 as a server; it is very easy to hear the difference. It just has that ease about it that draws you into the music.

I haven't heard the PS Audio compared to the N10 though I have heard the PS Audio transport/DAC at the same dealer. It would be the best of both worlds if you could compare the bridge to the N10 but I also don't fool myself it'd be easy for you to do in your situation.

Anyway, have fun along the way and hope you find the audio component that meets all your audio wants. Cheers

Thanks all.  Dumb question involving Bridge II.  I apologize, I have a lot of PC experience but have never done this before.  Please tell me if I have
this right.
1) Bridge II installs in expansion port of PS Audio DSD.
2) Purchase NAS.  Copy music library to it.  NAS plugs into router (or does it need to plug into a PC?)
3) Using Roon app, send music from NAS server (that can be discovered through the app no matter where I am in the house) to Bridge II.
Is this correct?  Can I use the Roon app on an IPAD or should I buy a laptop for that?  It looks like I can get a good 1TB SSD drive for about $700.  Bridge is $900 so we're looking at $1600 before cables.  I'd love to know how the Bridge II compares to the Aurender?  Someone who has a Bridge II that bought a Lumin U-1 (expecting it to be better) said the Bridge was the Lumin's equal and is now selling the Lumin.
Thanks again.

ihmeyers

Aurender N10

I’m considering purchasing a music server.

Do you homework.
I don’t know if the A10 and N10 are similar circuits in this regard if both do MQA, but it was quite disconcerting that they did this.

JA Stereophile "However, the A10’s misapplication of the MQA reconstruction filter to non-MQA files stored on its internal drive means we must withhold a full recommendation for the A10 until this problem has been corrected."

This to me smells, to hobble anything that’s non MQA.

Good on ya JA for not withholding it.

Cheers George

Thought about Metronome maybe?

I know what Metronome is but haven’t read much about it. It looks promising, but I’d have to find one in the used market because I’d never pay $12k for a server. That’s my fear with servers in general, tech is changing so rapidly. I’m dating myself, but I was an audiophile when the first CD players were introduced in the early '80s. Technology changed so quickly, especially in the early 90’s that any CD player you bought would be bested by something else 2 years later and within 4 years it was worth 25% of what you paid for it.