Aurender

op

we can use any hard drive as per the teac ripper it doesnt add much to the cost and having a ripper can be nice addition.

Carlsbad you do need cpu horsepower to run roon the aurender cpu is not capable  of running Roon got that directly from aurender at axponna a few years ago.

it is not a matter of performance some of the worlds best servers run Roon including the $35,000.00  Taiko Extreme the innous statement the 432EVO servers 

all of these products are cores and endpoints in one 

Dave and Troy

Audio intellect nj

roon server experts

@lordmelton with all due respect, from two of this threads contributors, it was my understanding that using a NAS defeated the main premise of Aurender’s proprietary “signal” path. I don’t think what I said was “incorrect” as you put it but if you’re ok with how Aurender handles its signal chain then this may be your component. For me, I don’t need or want proprietary built in HDDs. I like the flexibility of a NAS, and not something that’s proprietary. So like I said, I’d look elsewhere, and Lumin fits fits my needs if I wanted to throw more money at this situation. For now, a Node with an external linear power supply, a great digital interconnect, my DAC and a NAS gives me audiophile bliss. What’s wrong with that?

@ronrags ​​​​​​Why you telling me? I don't care.  Better addressed to the forum.

My Aurender had no problem finding my Vault and PC on the network

“For now, a Node with an external linear power supply, a great digital interconnect, my DAC and a NAS gives me audiophile bliss. What’s wrong with that?”

@dinov

There is nothing wrong with the your current system. But your previous statement on Aurender being not NAS friendly is inaccurate. My Aurender can access music stored on its internal drives or as well as external NAS on my network.