Streamer Recommendation.

Congrats on your decision to purchase the Auralic Aries G2.1.  I’ve had mine for over 2 years and still love it.  It works well over Wi-Fi, but I’m using pretty fancy ethernet cabling and audiophile network switch.  The Lightning DS app is easy to use and well laid out IMO.

This morning I placed an order for the Aurender N20 and was planning to sell the Auralic. I changed my mind after streaming Rihanna’s Lift Me Up on Qobuz just now The Aries is staying and going into my bedroom system feeding my Schiit Yggy OG DAC.

@arafiq 

I agree that most people vouch for what they have. However, how good a recommendation that is, is a reflection of their  knowledge, depth of experience, rigor in their search, budget, as well as their values. It is unlikely someone would not have bought the best they could. So, one must examine evidence within their post to tease out as much of this as possible and to look at their system. 

@kmmd

It is likely you will really appreciate your N20… it is a really great sounding streamer, based on my experience with Aurlic Aries G2, and Aurender N100, N10, and W20SE. While I liked the Aurlic, I found the Aurender to be a superior sounding streamer for the money and much more stable and better supported.

@ghdprentice

I’m sure that I’ll enjoy the N20. The design of the Aurender by isolating each part of the unit (capacitors, digital circuit board, transformer/power supplies and hard drive space) along with the extra power supply all factor in to lowering the noise floor. My dealer tells me that Aurender has it in stock, so it’ll ship soon. I received my Samsung 870 EVO (not QVO) 4TB SSD over the weekend, so I’m ready.

Regarding the Auralic, I’ve never needed to contact support. The Auralic community and information shared on their forums have been superb. The unit itself is rock solid stable. The software updates itself in the unit, and I don’t even know when it happens. It is one fantastic streamer at its price point IME.