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What do I do with this Auralic?

I recently and very impulsively purchased a display model of an Auralic Vega G2 (unused but reboxed) in a liquidationsale for $600. Now I have heard of Auralic and that they make great products but I am a novice in digital music. The Vega is easy to setup as a streamer and the DS Lightning control app is great. What is even better is the sound, Tidal and even Spotify sound great. It really is superb (to my old ears anyway).

My problem is I can't figure out how to play all my music stored on my NAS. About all I do know is that my NAS is too old and not powerful enough to play via HS USB. Has anyone on here used one of these and how. I have this thing about Roon and paying $595 or whatever for a licence and even then I still need something to store the music files.

A high spec NAS would work but I am not keen on this as it would need to be in the listening room. Or I could use it as a $600 paperweight!!! Any good ideas please?
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Auralic has a community forum. The Chief Engineer of Auralic responds to requests daily. He might be able to help configure your NAS to work properly.

I believe you need a streaming device to feed / the Vega G2 into your system. A nice used Auralic Aries Mini ( ~ $300 ) with a better power supply would work well for this purpose. Someone on the Auralic forum might be able to help you find one. Of course, there are other similar inexpensive options from other manufacturers.

You can and should check with Auralic support to verify that you have the latest firmware and software installed in your Vega.

You got an amazing DAC at 90% off list? Well done. Congratulations!
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