I bought the N200 so I can pick the DAC that suits my ears.
Aurender A200 vs N200
I have a great turntable and analog system and I am now studying the addition of digital to my system. I will be adding streaming. I like the Aurender line of streamers and have narrowed it down to an A200 or the N200. Has anyone on this forum done any critical listening to compare the A200 vs the N200? If so, what differences did you note?
My plan is to initially use the DAC in my McIntosh C2600, and then to later add a high end DAC to my system, so I only want to focus on the streamer performance at this point.
Does anyone have first-hand experience with the A200 vs N200 sound quality?
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+1 to what @ghdprentice has to say. He was influential in my streamer purchase. I recently went through an extensive review and search process for a streamer and selected the N200. I was patient and found a one owner lightly used N200 and its a wonderful streamer. I found Aurrender's Conductor app easy to use along with simple/reliable connectivity with my iPad with Qobuz. |
While we are on the subject of streamers, I will say support, firmware, user interface are all of equal and high importance. A "great" streamer with terrible support and mediocre user interface is not really that great That’s why I like Aurender , they can remotely diagnose and install firmware. It’s a very good user experience. They usually do a really good job of handing software revisions. I’ll use one of the current "hot" streamers as an example, the Eversolo DMP-A6. I set one up for my Dad last year and up until last week, all was well until about five days before it’s warranty was up . Their latest firmware update rendered USB inoperable with his McIntosh MA8950 . Pretty frustrating.... I reached out to Zidoo support, they were prompt but when I called them out they denied it could be possible although there are posts going back a year that describe USB not recognizing the DAC for some Chord and Mac owners. I asked for previous firmware, they will not send it , just instructions on how to. Thanks ! Anyway , I said to them " if it’s not the latest firmware that caused it, must be hardware . " How do we initiate warranty repair ? That was about a week ago and they haven’t replied..... Too bad because it’s not a bad streamer but It is no Aurender , or Innuos, or Aurilic.. Support is everything with a streamer . Build quality is very high with all Aurender , they are tanks. |
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