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!!!

audphile1

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FWIW I too have been very happy with my N200 and Aurender Support has been extremely quick and responsive. Good luck with your decision.

FWIW I upgraded from a AQ Diamond USB to the Audience frontRow Reserve USB and it is sensational, but highly expensive. I only needed .75M so that helped. I was going "all in" and end game. N200 as source.

@audphile1  Your impressions of the AQ Diamond USB and what I experienced with my frontRow Reserve USB vs the AQ are the same. All the detail is still there but the mids filled in nicely and over time the bass is just amazing. So quick, detailed and textured. I don't know how the Tyr  2 will compare. Keep in mind I don't know how the "regular" frontRow usb cable compares, I went crazy and got their top of the line USB. (I am fortunate in that I only need a .75 meter cable which keeps the costway down) I imagine they are very similar with the reserve possibly being a hair smoother. I don't know that for sure, just a guess.

@mclinnguy  Yes, I have settled in on the Fidelium Speaker cables. They made my system sing when I first got them and just quit thinking about it. 

@audphile1  I certainly understand the cost being prohibitive, if I needed longer length i would have got the reg frontRow too. I also kinda made out with TMR as I had some credit to use.