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.
@vonhelmholtz - glad they are taking care of you. The R2R DAC has everything one could ask for. It is a reference quality DAC. Substituting chokes in place of other parts improved the sound more then we imagined and the use of V-Cap ODAMs took it over the top. We have had almost every DAC on the market at our Listening Room in Northern New Jersey (everyone is welcomed) where we enjoy listening and repairing equipment. Happy Listening. |
“I honestly don"t see what I am missing sound wise vs. Aurender ” May I know if you did any comparison between Node vs Aurender or any other streamer to arrive at that conclusion. |
As I referred to in an earlier post above, my conclusion is drawn by the fact that my streaming is now AT LEAST as good as my vinyl and CD setups, which are no slouch by any means. Meaning I don't need to try uber expensive streamers to know that the way I setup my NODE in my particularly well build listening room is already completely satisfying. I invite anyone who keeps telling us here in a polite way that the NODE is real good but just a beginning on the streaming journey, to come in and listen to it in my house of stereo if you ever are in the Austin area. Let me know, it might open your mind, or not. Of course I am not talking about the NODE as the only part of my streaming setup. It took a lot more than that to get it to match and even beat the performances of my vinyl and CD setups. The details of it are all in my system. I am transparent that way. On its own it should speak volume to anyone willing to look into it in depth. Short of listening to my systems, it is the best I can do to convey my sound experiences to you guys on paper. |
Aurender is not NAS friendly, so I’ll look elsewhere. If there was that option, I’d highly consider Aurender. I’ve been thru that with these two Aurender salesman and got nowhere. In my opinion, a node with an external power supply and NAS is a hard to beat option for the money. With that, put your money into a great DAC and call it a day. If I felt the need to throw more cash at this I’d consider a Lumin. Just my humble opinion as one of the audiophile community! |
