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

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. 

@gkelly What’s so special about Innuos? It’s not expensive (innuos mini) even new.

EDIT: It doesn't work with Room, damn! 

So we have for now: Innuos, Aurender, Lumin and Sonore.