is anyone using an Aurender streamer with Schiit Yggdrasil?


I am curious if this combination works well. And what would the strengths and weaknesses be? Thanks 

ticten

I can chime in based on owning a Yggdrasil LIM and the Aurrender N200 streamer.  My digital path took me initially from the BlueSound node to adding the Yggy while utilizing the node for streaming.  I then replaced the node completely with the Aurender N200 and the Yggy LIM.  Each step produced noticeable improvement.  So yes, my present combination of the Yggy and N 200 works for me and sounds great.  Plenty of soundstage and detail.  I plan on staying with this combination over the next few years before looking to "upgrade" the Yggy.  I believe the Yggy LIM is solid but that I can eventually improve my overall system with a DAC in the $5K -$6K range. The N200 isn't going anywhere soon.  I haven't had the luxury of a friend nearby like @ghdprentice to assist with both a hardware swap and listening but I would wager he is on the money with his comment on starting with this combination and upgrading the DAC later on.  

I have it also, the Yggy DAC with the N100H. Excellent sound; you'd be hard pressed to get better at any price.

However, when I first got the units about seven years ago, I had problems with uncompressed .wav and .aiff files larger than 400MB not playing. Aurender had to reprogram the unit to disable the 32-bit output because it was hanging up the DAC. Don't know if that is still an issue today.

No rust you may want to consider a server upgrade our 432evos servers outperform the Aurenders we had a client with an n20 and our Aeon sounded better we also had a client trade an 10 in for an Aeon.

 

Dave and Troy

Audio Intellect NJ

US importers 432 EVO music servers