Why I Sold My Aurender N200
People seemed more interested in why I sold my N200 than wanted to answer my questions in my last post on streaming quality, so here ya go:
I recently sat down with my wife (who has a much better ear for sound quality than I) and we A/B tested back and forth between listening to the N200 and the Bricasti M1 SE II’s network card and heard no difference.
Just before selling the N200 I contacted a very well-known and reputable dealer for his opinion on this. If anyone would know about the sound quality of streaming, he would and I asked what streamer he would recommend. He sells Bricasti, Playback Design, Lumin and Grimm streamers. his response to me was:
"In my humble opinion, there is no need to get a dedicated streamer if you have the network board in the Bricasti"
Most member’s comments are very positive on their N200, maybe you guys have much better ears than us, so please enjoy, but in my case, I sold it and gave the much-needed funds to my daughter who is just about to start her last semester at law school.
End of story.
Hope you all had wonderful Christmas and here’s wishing you all a Happy New Year!
I guess these galvanic isolators would make my Purist Audio Design CAT7 Ethernet Cable redundant. @audphile1, you in the market for a second one? @robshaw thanks for chiming in, you should post some pics in your virtual system her on AG. Enjoy your bliss! |
@navyachts no but you should be. The galvanic isolators need two cables. You only have one. Or is your thought process that with the galvanic isolator you can use a $3 cable? Lol |
@audphile1 no, but I sure wish PAD offered a shorter cable than 1 meter! |
:) I love that cable and compared it to LinkUp and Supra. It beats both. But I’m fine with just one. |
