Streamer for LTA Aero


I've been shopping for a highly capable, yet sensible streamer to pair with a LTA Aero DAC... on order. I'm trying to read everything, but being just about as far away from tech savvy as one can be, I have to give great weight to the guidance of others. The streamers that are most of interest to me are the Aurenders N200 and N150, and the Innuos ZEN and ZENith. My interest in the Innuos line is due mostly to their ripping feature - that might be unfair - I have a couple thousand CDs. That being said, I'm not deaf to those who advise that If I get the streamer/DAC thing right, I'll never reach for a CD again. My interest in the Aurender line is not only that they are high end, but that they are a friendly choice for those with limited computer savvy (I ain't kidding either, my new cellphone is kicking my behind). After talking with the Aurender rep at Axpona, I was all in on the N200. Now that I've chosen the Aero DAC, I'm considering that I'll be paying for capabilities, not relevant to the Aero, and that the N150 might provide essentially the same SQ at half the price. I'm very happy with my amplifier/speaker combination and believe that it's a highly capable pairing. They're pretty obscure in this country, but FWIW, I have a New Audio Frontiers Supreme 300B SE integrated feeding SoundKaos 40 speakers. I'm open to criticism as well.

phaelon

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We would recommend a 432 EVO server

Our Aon is the highest performing server/streamer we have tested and to date we have tested vs the innous statement Aurender n10 and n20 and the Grimm a lot these streamers are double or triple the cost of our Aeon.

We compared an Aeon to a Innous statement next gen $27k and found the 1/3rd less expensive 432Evo aeon to sound just as good,

We tested vs a 12k Aurender n20 and we sounded better.

One client tested vs the grimm which is more expensive and slightly preferred the Aeon.

All 432evo servers offer a modular, fully- upgradable design with a 2tb ssd and a built in cd burner.

Unlike most competitors all parts of the server are physically and electrically separated from one another:

our CPU is a specially tested, low noise, high speed Intel multi core processor residing on its own board,

the clock card and USB  card are also separated and the cpu is powered by its own external Sbooster power supply, while the sensitive clock and USB cards are powered by their own external power supply the hard drive is even shock mounted of a proprietary laser sintered, floating suspension system.

The proprietary Operating system has been designed for low latency and to maximize Roons sound quality by utilizing the cpu’s multiple cores to maximize Roon's  sound quality: one core runs the roon program while another core runs the machines back ground processes and on yet another core caches the music files.

 

The combination of advanced hardware coupled with our operating system and custom software ensures a level of musicality that has to be heard to be believed.

 

Dave and Troy

Audio Intellect NJ

432evo dealers