Aurender vs. Roon

So, question is, was the video accurate in determining the cost

($600-$700.00) of the innards and or production of unit?  

If it's in the Internet, it must be true, right?

determining the cost ($600-$700.00) of the innards and or production of unit.  It could very well be that the internal components of the Innous does not go above $500-600.  However, a HUGE part of the factor is the engineering and R&D to put all these together into a manufacturing process.  Add in the manufacturing of the case itself, which can be somewhat costly.  This cost is increased because these items are not massed produced like a cheap sony bluray player would be.  So, the company has to custom manufacture about a 100 at a time, maybe less.  You cannot send 50,000 units through an automated robot manufacturing process like Sony bluray players.  You're looking at 50-200 manufactured items at a time, probably hand built.

Additionally, there is a huge cost in the development and engineering of the software, which is not anything like a standard JRiver server.  This Innous product also has a custom internal network protocol that allows it to communicate directly to other Innous agent/players (the streaming port).  So we are looking at probably a minimum 2-3+ years of software development labor.  Part of this is wrapping the software into an automatic O/S, probably a thin version of Linux or similar.  This is NOT an out-of-the-box Windows installation.


So, this is a DLNA type music server.  It does require a "DLNA type renderer/player device or a USB DAC.  For pricing, it is comparable to other players, such as Bryston BDP-3 or any Aurender or Auralic type device.


In comparison, I think Bryston puts together about 20-30 devices at a time during their manufacturing process at their factory.
While OCD Guy does have some good ideas if somebody wants to create a "freeware" self-built self-engineered Windows/Linux server, it requires a level of computer/software/electronics skill and it is not going to be a "black box" with the specific features of the Innous.

As far as his rant on "big processor is better because it's faster", for a music server, there really isn't a whole lot of CPU processing that is done, even on a custom implementation of JRiver, so the engineering choice of their specific CPU choice should be just fine.

I just find it interesting that a post via video by someone with experience in the audio field can be so intimidating... I would think A) if it has merit then that much the better. B) if it does not have any merit than so be it.. C) this post was also trying to trying to say "many" other vendors use trickery and tried to outline ways it did so to get the typical novice to buy into the made up facts that their company manufactures quality items..  Whether or not Innuos is guilty of doing this obviously remains a mystery? If the video is fairly accurate then it will bring down a house of cards that many have lived in including reviewers, that is the threat... 

I just find it interesting that a post via video by someone with experience in the audio field can be so intimidating... I would think A) if it has merit then that much the better. B) if it does not have any merit than so be it.. C) this post was also trying to trying to say "many" other vendors use trickery and tried to outline ways it did so to get the typical novice to buy into the made up facts that their company manufactures quality items.. Whether or not Innuos is guilty of doing this obviously remains a mystery? If the video is fairly accurate then it will bring down a house of cards that many have lived in including reviewers, that is the threat...

Internet is the nature of the beast. There is always an opinion. Best way to know for sure: find a way to audition for yourself. Nothing replaces personal experience.