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Help With A New DAC/Streamer

First post. I have an Audio Research VSI75 and Dynaudio Contour 30’s. I’m currently using an Aurender A10 for streaming Tidal.  My wife uses this system also. Sonically the A10 is fantastic, when it works. But the Conductor app is terrible on multiple levels and I’ve also had other software related issues. I don’t want to deal with tech support anymore. Looking for thoughts on either separate DAC/streamer combinations or a combined unit. Music runs the gamut from rock to Jazz and hip hop. Thoughts???

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carlsbad
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separate your streamer and dac.  It is hard enough to find the one you like in each category without having to find them joined.  

Since you don't like the interface on Aurender, you should look at Roon.  You can install it on any PC for free for a couple of weeks to see if you like it.  If you do, getting a dedicated PC will improve performance.

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keir18 OP
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Interesting about the IP addresses. I do get pretty frequent messages in the app on the iPad that it momentarily disconnects and then reconnects. I’m going to look at that because it happened with my A100 and A10, but not the blue sound node I borrowed. 

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keir18 OP
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@carlsbad thanks.  I’m going to check out roon. Luckily I have a great dealer who is super patient. I just wish this thing didn’t sound so darn good. 

sns
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Roon is pretty much glitch free, separate Core from endpoint for best sound quality.

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lordmelton
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@keir18 Hi, you can't use an Aurender with a Node or Roon or anything else except another Aurender hard wired to it. This is to preserve maximum sound quality.

Listen to your Aurender in Critical Listening mode.

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