Aurender N-200 Compatiblity with DACS. Is this a thing?


More specifically, I'm looking for a Dac for my new Aurender N200 streamer.  I noticed on Aurender's website they have a list of compatible Dacs.  I'm considering  a used Berkely Alpha Series 2 Dac, although, no Berkeley dacs are listed as compatible.  I didn't realize compatibility was a thing when matching considering a dac.  I'm not talking about how they sound together but specifically functionality of the two components.

 

Second questions:  The Conductor app that Aurender uses has a volume control button but when I try to use it I get the message, Volume control not available.  What's up with that?  Does the volume control button only work with their streamer/dac machines?  Not being able to control the volume from my phone is deal breaker.

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USB Audio compatability was NOT always universal.  With Linux needing driver support to be cooked into the kernel (at least in the past) it was a real PITA if you needed to go find a specialty driver for a Linux based streamer.

Modern USB DACS (at least in the last 5 years) however should all be compatible.

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