Aurender n200, talk me out of signing on the dotted line

As someone else has mentioned -- you're thinking of spending thousands on a new streamer and you're using internet radio and Spotify as your sources?

Qobuz starts at $11 a month and everything is CD quality or better - tons of hi-rez material. Tidal starts at the same price (but charges a bit more for the hi-rez plan.) 

If you're nervous about spending over $6K on a new streamer, why don't you first try out one of the better streaming services and see what that does for your sound quality.  Just a thought....

😁   Now waiting for delivery.

Well that nice steamer should be able to get the max out of Spotify and Internet Radio.   There are sone Cd res and higher internet radio sources out there worth trying.  

@wlutke 

Congratulations on your N200 purchase. You’re in for a treat! 

@wlutke Few things based on my experience -

1. if you don’t have a good USB cable yet, the one included by Aurender in the box with the N200 is actually not terrible at all. I’ve used it before I upgraded to the AQ Diamond.

2. If your unit is brand new, what I did to break mine in is create a playlist consisting of songs representing every bitrate available on Qobuz and Tidal and played that on repeat when not listening. It took slightly over 200hrs to settle overall. 
 

3. Upgrade the power cord - it makes a significant difference. I started with AQ Tornado then moved on to Nordost Heimdall 2 and eventually to Nordost Frey 2. Not saying you need Nordost…just try a few good power cables and you’ll see what works best. Break in first though. 
 

Enjoy and keep us posted.