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Hunting Unicorns

Why is it so difficult/impractical/impossible to design a music server requiring no external control device such as a laptop or tablet? The Aurender A100H seems nearest to what I want -- onboard storage, USB output, no DAC, no volume control. But as I understand it, even this requires "iPad control via the Conductor app" and offers no access to web-based streaming radio stations. So, like many others posting here, I'm "wasting" a Macbook Pro as my digital music source, feeding USB to a streamer/DAC/digital preamp combo device. 

To rephrase: why can't I have just one box receiving everything from everywhere, and sending anything via USB to my favorite outboard DAC? Of course this unicorn WOULD have its own dedicated remote that is not itself a computer.

Advance apologies for what is very likely a dumb question generated by an ancient, analog-wired brain.
hickamore
djones51
4,947 posts
 
You can get a decent tablet under $150 and it should interface with any of these that have android. I use a 3 year old Samsung. 
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ozzy62
3,116 posts
 
Just be aware that if you go down the Lumin road that the interface works much better on iOS than Android. I have tried both and can attest to that.

Oz


hickamore OP
658 posts
 
Has anyone used the Aurender, and if so, what is your preferred control device?
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joey54
434 posts
 
I have been using the Aurender N100H for a few years now and I use, and like, the iPad Air for running the remote app. It also supports streaming of some internet radio stations (18). If I were looking to buy a new Aurender I would go with the ACS100 as it has a disc drive to burn your CD's directly. I still buy CD's as opposed to downloading.

Good Luck! 
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