Looking for Some Music Server Advice


I have a 2020 Innuos Zenith music server (4TB) as well as a LUMIN T2 streamer I purchased at the same time. The Innuos serves as my Roon core and it houses my entire CD collection along with some digital downloads taking up nearly all of the 4TB capacity. The music is double backed up on two separate external hard drives. Lately I have been having some issues with the Innuos and currently it is not showing up on my network. As I work through this it has caused me to start thinking  about potential replacements.  This is where I can use some advice. It should be noted that I primarily listen to vinyl so streaming and listening to digital audio is secondary for me and something I do mainly out of convenience.  Accordingly, I don’t want to break the bank on a potential Innuos replacement.  I would appreciate any advice this community has regarding different options that would house my digital collection while continuing to allow streaming on Tidal, Quobuz etc. I wasn’t thinking I needed to replace the LUMIN also but if there is a one box solution I might consider selling it.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts folks may have.

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Showing 2 responses by ghdprentice

The Aurender N200 for instance can be both server and streamer. You can pop in up to two 8TB solid state memory chips. Most importantly is the sound quality. Aurender makes primarily streamers and there flagship is typically the most ubiquitous at audio shows. I currently own an N100 and W20SE... top and bottom of their line up. Their Conductor App for control is very highly regarded and if you want you can use Roon. Great service as well, built to last. 

If your other equipment is of appropriate quality then N20 would be recommended. They just released their new flagship, the N50 which is a three box solution to improve sound quality even more by isolating functions. 

On my systems the sound quality of streaming from Qobuz equals or exceeds stored files, so I only use stored files if for some reason my internet is down... like every couple years.