Streamers - Auralic, Aurender, Lumin, others...

auralic is out of business

maybe their ip will be bought by another concern in time, but for now the company is kaput and their website is non responsive

their sold units in circulation will continue to work but owners should be prepared for no more ongoing company support, o-s software/firmware updates etc etc in the foreseeable future

auralic has made quite good products since they came onto the scene with the original aries and mini -- though in more recent times they have gone up up up in price with each set of product revisions -- making them increasingly dubious in terms of value for money... this fact no doubt contributing to their commercial demise

If you use a streamer as a roon end point you won’t be taking advantage of Aurender’s proprietary processing including caching to internal SSD. In this case I’d go for Lumin. I also recommend considering Roon Nucleus One and get out of mac min as roon core. While the mini is ok, nucleus one is a better sounding option. 

as the self proclaimed official fanboy of InnuOs on this site, please let me suggest this offering. 
https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisbf522-innuos-pulse-mini-media-servers

Or his bigger brother,

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisbg577-innuos-pulse-streaming-transport-in-silver-store-demo-transports
you really have to give those Portuguese some credit. 
https://innuos.com/

Thanks, everyone!

I use a Mac because it’s fast with the M1 processor and does upsampling flawlessly. I don’t think connecting it directly to the DAC is a good idea, though.
If Aurender has a better app, interface, and good recommendation algorithms, I’ll have no problem switching from the Mac.

What a drag that Auralic went belly up. I was wondering what was going on today — their website’s been down all day. I wish there were something like an Auralic — small, black, with a coax input and upsampling option. There’s a coax input on my Lampizator, but I have to press the button manually to switch from USB.
With the Auralic, I could connect my CD player and decide remotely whether I want to listen to CDs or Tidal.

What about the cheaper Aurender models, like the N150? Are they good as well?

I don’t know why, but Lumin doesn’t have a good reputation in my country. Some people have griped about the sound quality. How would you compare Aurender and  Lumin in terms of sound quality and interface / app?

The Holo Audio Red ($950) is the best sounding streamer you can buy until you get into Lumin U2 territory or any Aurender.

It is pretty much just a box but sounds amazing.