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Help With Streamer - Aurender, Auralic, HIFI Rose, Eversolo A10, etc.

Happy New Year All,

Longtime reader and follower of Audiogon, but less than a handful of posts.

I’m done with Apple’s Music app.  It’s turned into a disaster.  Some people have no issues at all with it, but for countless others, it has become almost unusable.  I’m one of those.   With that, I’m looking to finally get a streamer.  Under $4,000.00 and much less than that preferably.   I don’t have a LAN to plug into one, so all of my music will be primarily stored on the internal SSD.  I  don’t necessarily need a DAC in a streamer, so a transport is fine, but I’m fine if it does have a DAC.  I definitely want a streamer with a screen on it.

My questions are, how do I rip my CD collection into a streamer?  Can I connect an external CD drive up to one and rip directly into a streamer’s SSD?  Who has the most user friendly streamer and app?  Can I connect my iPhone and iPad up to it and transfer the music over to those devices for “one the go”? Do any streamers have an I2S HDMI output, and does it matter, or should I just use a dedicated SACD player for that?


I’d probably use a streamer as a preamp as well, if it’s decent enough.  Or should it be a separate music source in the system with a dedicated preamp?  It’s really not that big of a deal to me, as I no longer have the hearing that I used to.

I’m in my 60’s now, so I’m just not interested in the “esoteric” stuff anymore, but I still want decent quality gear.

Much appreciation to any and all recommendations.

 

boltapuresource

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I love my Aurender.   Have used Innuos, Bluesound (which I still own) and Eversolo 

Since having an entry streamer like Bluesound and a really good one like my Aurender N200 all I can say is it comes down to support.  

Aurender is incredibly well built and has for me been super stable.  Support is top notch , they can remotely access the device and add or delete software if there is a problem.   

I used Innous in a room environment and thought it sounded great but I can't tell you about the sense software

My Dad has an Eversolo A6 Master and honestly I feel li,e its mi e because I have spent so much time troubleshooting it.  Worked fine for 11 months , then a software update rendered its USB out useless with the DAC it was used with for almost a year.   Their support is non existent. The worst I have (N)ever experienced

Their support is their forum or revert back to previous firmware and wait for another revision.   3rd revision, 6 months later no fix.  Anyone spending $4k on anything from Eversolo is wasting their money.   Throwing it away if you are expecting support.   No after. Warranty repair either.  

Want real support?   Aurender and Innuos.  Maybe HiFi Rose , maybe others can speak to them.  

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