Aurender N200

@budburma @jmlm

The older generation models, N100, N10 has a laid back, less dynamic and not as lively sound as newer generation models, N200, N20, N30SA. I have transitioned through few Aurender’s over the years and while N10 is a pretty darn good streamer, it’s now dated. I would get N200 even if it cost bit more money. The newer generation models are clearly an improvement especially in the areas of low frequency extension and slam. I recently transitioned from N20 to N30SA and I’m done for a while. 

@budburma @jmlm 

To add to Lalit’s comments, there are a few other differences and improvements. 

The N10 has the advantage of an AES output and slightly better clock, but the benefits gained from that are not as strong as those gained in the newer N200. 

The power supply in the N200 allows for a lower noise floor and improved dynamics that Lalit mentions. Many will agree the N200 sounds better as a result, and for less money. Even the Aurender team is surprised with the performance for the cost, considering the N200’s retail is $2K less than the Aurender. 

The N200 has an uninterruptible power supply, which means that during power outages, the N200 safely shuts down. Previous generation units are not guaranteed to have this, and I have had plenty of customers with legacy units that have experienced corruption due to improper shut downs. 

Roon support is also likely coming to Aurender in the next quarter or two. Older Aurender units including the N10 will not be supported as the architecture is completely different. 

I am an authorized Aurender dealer and would be happy to discuss any other questions if you have them. Feel free to PM or call me to chat. 

Thanks for your responses.

Don’t you just love it when people make completely unfounded statements. They are replete in audio.

I recently purchased an Aurender N200 and have it set up with an internal SSD. Just this week, I purchased a Roon Nucleus One. Can anyone tell me what "Network share location" I need to enter on the Roon App under the "Add Network Share" page to allow the Roon Nucleus One to access the music files on the Aurender internal SSD?

I can access the Aurender SSD folders and files from a windows laptop after following online instructions to "mount the drive." I've tried all types of names and formats with "SMB" and without, with and without the Aurender IP address in the path and with forward slashes and back slashes! Each time I get "There was an Unexpected error" message.

Since the IP address might change over time, I would prefer a solution that doesn't require its use, .....but beggars can't be choosy, so I'll take any solution that works!

I am loving the streamer and am very happy it now works as a Roon end point. I could move the SSD drive inside the Nucleus One, but that looks like a pain (have to delete all files and format drive for Roon files then copy music back to it). That would also preclude me from using the Conductor App with my hard drive files.