Aurender n200, talk me out of signing on the dotted line

@wlutke 

Love the outcome and glad to hear you’re happy with your blind buy! 

If you’re going to store music, I highly recommend Samsung’s 870 EVO 2TB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-77E2T0B/AM) from Amazon.  

Tweak away my friend and enjoy the ride! 

@audphile1 

delete the V4 app and download it again from App Store. The initial setup should prompt you for option to sign up as beta user. Unless Aurender took that option away, that’s how I recalled to be their beta user for the app. 

@wlutke

After cabling…I would dive into grounding and fuse. I finally got my Aurender fully broken-in and going to replace the fuse tomorrow. My reference for all things digital is HiFi Tuning Supreme Cu.

https://www.vhaudio.com/hifi-tuning-supreme-cu.html

“It’s a bit grainy and I attribute that to the Lumin u2 mini, internet radio and Spotify sources”
@wlutke 

N200 is a great streamer. However, you’re feeding U2 Mini with low resolution (mp3) streams. Both Web Radio and Spotify are low fidelity and nowhere near the SQ offered Qobuz or Tidal. I doubt you will hear much improvement with N200 over U2 Mini if you continue to stream with Spotify. Before you buy N200, try Qobuz or Tidal with U2 Mini and access if you still feel the need to upgrade. 

@wlutke 

Thanks for the clarification. My last post was to ensure that you’ve exhausted all the options to maximize the performance of U2 Mini. Go for N200 and call it a day! 

@blisshifi 

Thanks for update on Roon certification. I honestly don’t care for Aurender’s compatibility with Roon. If I did care for Roon, I would have bought Taiko Extreme by now! 

@wlutke 

Congratulations on your N200 purchase. You’re in for a treat! 

@audphile1 

i believe there is an sign up option in V4 as beta tester. 

@wlutke

That was my experience as well. The magic doesn’t happen until you step up to Tyr2 level in Nordost lineup. Fortunately, at Tyr2 price, there are so many options to consider, I end up going with Audience Au24SE at that point in time. 

I am in much better place now with Combak’s Hijiri cables. This is one of the upgrades that would stay in my system for a very long time!

@tvad 

Would you please share your thoughts on Roon vs Conductor in terms of SQ? What device are you using for Roon Core. Thank you!