Aurender
I have a Korean car, watch KDramas and even listen to some KPop, but I don’t get what Aurender is doing.
I’m currently in digital hold given that my new Holo DAC died, but intend on listening to my IFi Zen stream and look at upgrade paths.
Some of the most respected members of this forum swear by Aurender, so it must deliver, but here is my point of confusion:
1. Coax and AES are the preferred outputs, but higher bandwidths require dual AES out, but I don’t have dual in on my DAC.
2. Aurender’s top models claim to have great clocks, so why not pass this on to the DAC via I2s?
3. Top Aurenders accept external clocks and I assume this is used with a DAC that accepts external clocks, but why bother when I2s would take care of this?
4. The argument against I2s is that there isn’t a standard, but this isn’t a problem in most implementations.
I’m sure that I have misrepresented things above, so please correct my understanding.
Android has now been fully upgraded to the same level as Apple. I've used Android Conductor App for almost a year and it never bothered me, because I use Folder View, which lists your ripped files by name only without album covers. Much quicker to search a large library. |
I use the USB output exclusively because I listen to a lot of DSD files which I have stored on my N20. You must use USB to enjoy native DSD. In my system USB is better than SPDIF. I would recommend a solid silver USB cable. We haven't discussed streaming but it's as good or better than my ripped files. |
Most of your questions are about I2s, well after exploring I2s extensively it's not such a big deal. USB is more than capable of providing exceptional musical reproduction and IMO betters SPDIF, depending on your DAC, of course. I cannot recommend the N20 highly enough and Aurender doesn't use Roon because it has it's own Conductor App which is exceptional and doesn't have problems, although the Android version was upgraded a couple of weeks ago and we experienced some temporary glitches. Aurender owners are generally extremely happy with their purchase except for the few clowns who post trash.
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As said previously I have explored I2s in depth and I wouldn't get hung up on it and think you are buying into older tech such as USB, AES and SPDIF. The USB powerline interference has been mitigated by DACs using Amanero USB Boards, which receive power directly from the DAC's power supply, not from the host via USB cable. I use electrical tape to tape over the +positive line at both ends. This prevents EMI/RFI interference and stops the wire acting as an aerial, if you only tape one end. Don't tape the -negative line as this is the ground. Many instructions online. The Amanero Board is why USB can outperform AES/SPDIF in many systems, various manufacturers use standard and modified versions. |
@dinov Thank you for sending me SEVEN notifications that I had corrected your inaccurate and grossly misleading post. Aurenders can utilise NAS, but as I said internal drives sound better. I have 4000 CDs (FLAC & WAV) and a few hundred SACDs on a 4tb SSD removable internal drive and it’s only half full. If you are content with your system, enjoy and good luck to you, nobody is disputing that. However there are continuously 4 or 5 threads enquiring about Aurenders - that says something.
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