surrender n200 vs n20

I've owned a N20 for almost one year now and I can honestly say it's the best source component I've ever had, both digital and analogue. It's very slightly bettered by the N30 by a very small margin, not worth paying double the price.

I've never demoed the W20SE or the N200.

It's real strength is having a master/word clock input which really elevates its performance amongst it's peers.

Aurender's literature states that AES/EBU is the best sounding output but I must disagree. The USB with external clock is far superior even though an external clock isn't supposed to help USB - go figure. Only USB or I2s will play native DSD.

I need to buy another streamer but it's difficult accepting anything less than the N20 and I know the external clock has a big part to play.

The N20 is THE total package this side of $20k.

@ghdprentice Yes, it's very dependent on the DAC, some are optimized for USB.

Have you tried using the dual AES/EBU digital outs on the W20SE? 

@lbkwhitney

The main differences are that the N10 has an internal HDD which can’t be changed without a factory refit. Whereas the N200 has swappable (x2) SSDs and a newer CPU.

The N10 has AES/RCA/BNC/USB outputs while the N200 has only RCA and USB.

The N10 is very capable and it’s a system dependent issue whether it’s better than the N200 or not.