I had a Lumin U2 for serveral weeks. Fiber optic port is a nice option if you do it correctly. I then demoed a Rockna Dreamwave and went with that option. In my system, it was a better fit. Beautiful open soundstage and has a CD transport and 2tb of onboard memory. I cant speak of the Aurender. My advice is to choose the one that sounds best in your system. Good luck.
Lumin U2 or Aurender N200
Looking for thoughts on these two streamers: Lumin U2 and Aurender N200.
I’m fully aware of the limitations and features from UI and Roon integration to design concepts and implementation (power supplies, caching, display, etc.)
Hoping to hear from those who had compared these two streamers. I’m also absolutely not interested in hearing from “it’s all 1s and 0s” crowd - this isn’t that forum and I kindly ask you to please stay out of this discussion.
Thanks and Happy Holidays to you all!!!