I use an Aurender A10 Streamer/DAC. This was one of the their earlier products so the USB output on there is not particularly great. I run USB into a Singxer SU-6 DDC and then DDC into DAC using I2S. I'm a huge prop proponent of DDC/reclockers, as it's a relatively cheap way to dramatically improve performance of your streamer without having to go up the range to models costing near 5 figures.
Aurender N-200 Compatiblity with DACS. Is this a thing?
More specifically, I'm looking for a Dac for my new Aurender N200 streamer. I noticed on Aurender's website they have a list of compatible Dacs. I'm considering a used Berkely Alpha Series 2 Dac, although, no Berkeley dacs are listed as compatible. I didn't realize compatibility was a thing when matching considering a dac. I'm not talking about how they sound together but specifically functionality of the two components.
Second questions: The Conductor app that Aurender uses has a volume control button but when I try to use it I get the message, Volume control not available. What's up with that? Does the volume control button only work with their streamer/dac machines? Not being able to control the volume from my phone is deal breaker.