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Aurender

I have a Korean car, watch KDramas and even listen to some KPop, but I don’t get what Aurender is doing.

I’m currently in digital hold given that my new Holo DAC died, but intend on listening to my IFi Zen stream and look at upgrade paths.

Some of the most respected members of this forum swear by Aurender, so it must deliver, but here is my point of confusion:

1. Coax and AES are the preferred outputs, but higher bandwidths require dual AES out, but I don’t have dual in on my DAC.

2. Aurender’s top models claim to have great clocks, so why not pass this on to the DAC via I2s?

3. Top Aurenders accept external clocks and I assume this is used with a DAC that accepts external clocks, but why bother when I2s would take care of this?

4. The argument against I2s is that there isn’t a standard, but this isn’t a problem in most implementations.

I’m sure that I have misrepresented things above, so please correct my understanding.

vonhelmholtz

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@lalitk 

It's a deal!

Lots of beautiful equipment in a very nicely treated listening room. I would be a fool not to take you up on the offer. I don't go to Houston often but will let you know when I do. Take care.

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No surprise, blisshifi being an Aurender dealer. A mention of it would be nice no matter how many times you post. Just saying.

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Aurender OS is not android phone friendly, so it kills it for me.

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I appreciate oddiofyl input. However I have not had any issues with bluos for weeks now. Not a single hiccup. I don"t have vault, just using the NODE to stream Qobuz. And the reliability is awesome. Aurender will have to make huge strides towards android reliability before I ever consider it. And as far as the Aurender sound being so much better than the NODE, it all depends on how you set up your NODE. No need to keep rehashing how I do it, just look at my system, fully described there. I honestly don"t see what I am missing sound wise vs. Aurender since my streaming setup is at least up to par with both my vinyl and CD setups, and they are no slouch, also fully described in my system. If Aurender works great for many, great, but it's far from the only game in town and similar performance can be gotten for much less money in my experience. Whatever Aurender did to get such reputation on this site is obviously genius. 

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@lalitk 

As I referred to in an earlier post above, my conclusion is drawn by the fact that my streaming is now AT LEAST as good as my vinyl and CD setups, which are no slouch by any means. Meaning I don't need to try uber  expensive streamers to know that the way I setup my NODE in my particularly well build listening room is already completely satisfying. I invite anyone who keeps telling us here in a polite way that the NODE is real good but just a beginning on the streaming journey, to come in and listen to it in my house of stereo if you ever are in the Austin area. Let me know, it might open your mind, or not. Of course I am not talking about the NODE as the only part of my streaming setup. It took a lot more than that to get it to match and even beat the performances of my vinyl and CD setups. The details of it are all in my system. I am transparent that way. On its own it should speak volume to anyone willing to look into it in depth. Short of listening to my systems, it is the best I can do to convey my sound experiences to you guys on paper.

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