about ready to dive in to streaming... PS Audio AirLens vs Aurender N10?

If you are firmly distilled down to just these two choices, then it’s the AURENDER for me.

if you are willing to consider other options that are peers or better - as contenders and no pretenders - ,then think MOON by Simaudio

https://simaudio.com/en/all-products/

reviews:

https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/moon-680d

https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/moon-681

https://darko.audio/2021/07/refined-precision-moon-by-simaudios-280d-streaming-dac/

You can use Mconnect to stream Tidal and Qobuz with the AirLens. Not the best method by far sonically or from UI perspective. Roon is your best option with it but it’s a subscription service. Advantage of the AirLens combined with the PS audio DAD is the i2s interface if you buy into PS Audio clams. 
 

Aurender N10 has a superb clock and uses caching which helps in getting a signal as jitter free as possible. Conductor app is easy to use but there’s no Roon with N10. Best connection between the N10 and the PS Audio DAC would be the AES/EBU interface. 
 

I never owned the AirLens or the N10 but I did own a PS Audio DSD MkI and used Aurender N200 with it via AQ Diamond USB cable. I still have my N200 with no plans to change it but the PS Audio DAC is gone. 
 

Aurender is full featured except for their blocking of Roon. AirLens has no app for remote control and no USB for local play. Paul preferred Innous before he marketed his crippled unit.

There are numerous alternatives.

There is no real sonic advantage to i2s with a modern (< 10 YO) PS Audio DAC.

Believe hype at your own peril.

@fuzztone you’re correct about the previous generation of Aurender streamers-no Roon. However, the latest Aurender streamers are Roon ready. I’ve used Roon with my N200. 

ROON is a non factor for me. i have enough subscriptions in my life. 
im only considering the AirLens because i like uniformity. 
so really, my main concern is audio quality.
thanks for your replies thus far.