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Aurender vs. Roon

I would greatly appreciiate any input on something I was told yesterday by a learned audiophile. A) that aurenders conductor app is inferior to roon. That is probably a given. However, I thought Roon will interact with the conductor app. so if that is the case then you can have the best of both worlds.  Also, Roon has better audio quality the Aurender? Aside from that, is the landscape moving toward Roon? Reason I ask is I have been looking at Aurender streamers to purchase and there seems to be more and more of them for sale on Audiogon and US Audio Mart etc. Is it possible Roon Ready devices are going to be the newest frontier so why bother with Aurender if they are not going to support it? Thanks in advance for any insight or suggestions.
mrdon
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@audiotroy 
Thanks, but no thanks. 
I wanted to offer the OP my opinion between the two manufacturers he asked about. But, now that you have injected a third company, I feel it only fair to point him to a fourth- Sam Laufer's Memory Player. Though not in the same price range, he does offer the Mini Player at a very reasonable price, as well as software that can be implemented independently. 
I only post this so the OP has as many choices to make a informed decision.

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mrdon OP
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So far i have seen quite a bit of discussion, some with an aim to resolve the original question/s and others maybe not. Never the less, i am getting something out of every post and greatly appreciate the bigger picture some of you are painting.. Keep-em coming (suggestions)..  
docknow
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@audiotroy My Nucleus was $1,400, not $2,500.  I don't need DSP.  This is a completely different price point than the $2,600 Innuous Zen server.  Bring one over the Hudson to my apartment in FiDi and we can compare the SQ :).

Linear power supply is coming from Roon, or one can purchase various LPSs from ~$150-$500.

One can build/buy and Intel NUC for less (half?), but I wanted something very turnkey.
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audiotroy
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.docknow many people purchase the more expensive version which is $2500 
If you add a linear power supply you are approaching the Zen.

We would love to do that shootout.
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grannyring
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I was not asking you thyname. I was asking the dealer who is posting here.  
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