Aurender N100H or Auralic Aries?

@jon2020 , I also own a non-MQA DAC and did not hear any degration in sound quality on red book recordings. Have you reached out to Aurender support for a possible explanation? 

@falconquest, I only heard Aries demo's at shows and to my ears, N100H sounded more neutral and relaxed which is a huge plus on prolonged listening sessions. No listening fatigue with Aurender. 

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@hgeifman, looks like a garden variety copper cable with high quality plugs. It’s like putting formula 1 tires on a Honda Civic (no pun intended).

I think you will hear audible improvements with a better PC for instance, Audience Au24 SEi - LP or MP for your N10, IMHO.

@dlcockrum,  

Looks like its probably your Tidal desktop software setting. My DAC shows 24/96 signal when fed from Aurender. 

You may contact Aurender help desk, they are super helpful. 

@hgeifman,  Thank you for taking the time to post the feedback from Aurender support. The MQA playback link above is a great resource for demystifying any ambiguity surrounding MQA file playback. 

I would also like to extend my 'thank you' to Dave for sharing his feedback from Aurender support. 

Cheers!