Well, I just received and hooked up the Berkeley Alpha Series 2 DAC and have been critically listening to it for a couple of hours. Not nearly enough time make any serious comments, though, I do have to tip my cap to the 40 year old Sony Dac I've been using for the past two months! It was just way to bright but damn.... it held its own! Pretty amazing, I think!
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.