Aurender
I have a Korean car, watch KDramas and even listen to some KPop, but I don’t get what Aurender is doing.
I’m currently in digital hold given that my new Holo DAC died, but intend on listening to my IFi Zen stream and look at upgrade paths.
Some of the most respected members of this forum swear by Aurender, so it must deliver, but here is my point of confusion:
1. Coax and AES are the preferred outputs, but higher bandwidths require dual AES out, but I don’t have dual in on my DAC.
2. Aurender’s top models claim to have great clocks, so why not pass this on to the DAC via I2s?
3. Top Aurenders accept external clocks and I assume this is used with a DAC that accepts external clocks, but why bother when I2s would take care of this?
4. The argument against I2s is that there isn’t a standard, but this isn’t a problem in most implementations.
I’m sure that I have misrepresented things above, so please correct my understanding.
I just put a 4 TB SSD drive in the N200. It is amazing what that machine can do. I turned it on and there was another icon in the menu. The TD100. Its a USB trigger for the Aurender to turn on 2 trigger enabled devices . When I picked the unit up and pulled it out of its rack I was quickly reminded of the quality of the Aurender. It is built like a tank. Pics don't demonstrate how nice these units are. |
Like I had mentioned before, streamers are still in their infancy. There are a lot of affordable options out there , but component sized streamers like Aurender , Auralic, Innous, are always going to be above $2500. Every one is controlled by firmware which is always being tweaked so these devices are getting better every day. Thats why buying a streamer from a company that only does streamers is to me one of the most important considerations... Bluesound Node and Vault are the best choice at their price points. I almost bought the Lumin U2 Mini, at $2400 it is one of the more affordable offerings from companies that only do streamers. And it is the next level of performance compared to Bluesound. I was originally interested in the Aurender N100 and got a great deal on a N200 , most of it’s price was my trade in so for $850 out of pocket it was a no brainer. |
Android has now been fully upgraded to the same level as Apple. I've used Android Conductor App for almost a year and it never bothered me, because I use Folder View, which lists your ripped files by name only without album covers. Much quicker to search a large library. |
I’m in agreement with @baylinor I have the new node with a Teddy Pardo LPS and it sounds fantastic! I am using the DAC in my Boulder 866 as well. Happy listening! Ron |
