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Innuos or Aurender

I am looking to purchase a server/ streamer maybe even with ripper used. I have narrowed my choices down to the Innuos Zen mini 3 w power supply or the new model Stream1. A power supply would put that over my budget. The Aurenders I'm looking at are the N150, N10 and the A1000. I am looking for ease of use interface, Tidal capable and roon capable. I must be able to transfer my old wav. files on to it. CD ripper software would be a plus even without a cd drawer. Obviously, sound is very important. I will not get to demonstrate either. The rest of my system consists of my newly purchased Garlubidor dac, Lamm 2.1 deluxe pre, VTL st150 amp and Vandersteen 2sig3 speakers.

dpm2340
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liquidsound
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I have an Innuos ZENith MK-III and Phoenix USB Re-clocker and it's been really great.  Well-built and accurate reproduction, with lots of storage and ripping for your CD's.  I've had mine for over 6 years now with no issues and flawless performance.  

bossa
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I also have the Innuos Zenith Mk3 and Phoenix USB Re-clocker.  They were a huge upgrade from using a Mac laptop as source.  The sound was much better with latency set to low and the use of after market power cords...Audioquest Dragaons and Furutech Powerflux NCF took the performance to another level.

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bluethinker
320 posts
 

@dpm2340 - I have the Innuos Pulsar and Zenith mkiii. They both sound great and the bullet proof reliable. The Sense app is stellar.

mitch2
4,731 posts
 

I just picked up an Innuos Stream 3 and an outboard (not the internal module) PhoenixUSB regenerator to use as a streamer only (Roon server duties by sonicTransporter i9 Gen 4). I look forward to comparing those to the sound of my current Sonore Signature Rendu SE Deluxe optical. 

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jon2020
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@dpm2340,

I have had both in my system and Innuos beats Aurender in sound quality, cd ripping and dollar-for-dollar value. The Sense app has many more features than the Aurender app and is more intuitive in every way - editing, clearing queue cache, audio latency, offline mode, native dsd, etc.

Happy hunting!

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