Last year was in the same position as you are, i narrowed it down to Aurender and HiFI Rose RS130, finding our the Aurender does not support Roon and the fact i personally love the ascetics of having a beautiful display as the RS130 does, i went with the RS130 and have never looked back. I tried the Aurender as a loaner next to the RS130 and could not tell the difference. Now my MAC Mini only runs Roon where all the audio and video content lives on my HiFi Rose as a true media content server, and for these reasons, I find the HiFi Rose to be a far superior solution.
Streamers - Auralic, Aurender, Lumin, others...
Any recommendations, please? :)
I'm looking for a streamer only – without a DAC.
I’ve been leaning toward the Auralic Aries S1 since it’s reasonably priced and available pre-owned. It also has a coaxial input, so I could connect my CD player as a transport. I’d mostly use it as a Roon endpoint, as I run Roon on a Mac Mini and really enjoy it — especially for its great music recommendations.
I’ve read some threads here, and many of you seem to love Aurender and Lumin. Has anyone had a chance to compare them with the Auralic?
Thanks!
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@mdalton , yes my sire. I will do better with my rant next time. |
I’ve done, over the years, the upgrade crawl from laptop, to a roon nucleus used with many streamers some with external clocks to a used Grimm MU1/Weiss 501. The Grimm MU2 is lauded every where as it should be. It’s got the mojo of separates. @gabriel123 Roon is also all it’s proported to be. You might try Qobuz too if you use VPN? |
It’s not really that difficult. If we’re talking Lumin U2 price range is the limit, then get either it or Aurender N150 or Volumio.
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