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Why I Sold My Aurender N200

People seemed more interested in why I sold my N200 than wanted to answer my questions in my last post on streaming quality, so here ya go:

I recently sat down with my wife (who has a much better ear for sound quality than I) and we A/B tested back and forth between listening to the N200 and the Bricasti M1 SE II’s network card and heard no difference.

Just before selling the N200 I contacted a very well-known and reputable dealer for his opinion on this. If anyone would know about the sound quality of streaming, he would and I asked what streamer he would recommend. He sells Bricasti, Playback Design, Lumin and Grimm streamers. his response to me was:

"In my humble opinion, there is no need to get a dedicated streamer if you have the network board in the Bricasti"

Most member’s comments are very positive on their N200, maybe you guys have much better ears than us, so please enjoy, but in my case, I sold it and gave the much-needed funds to my daughter who is just about to start her last semester at law school.

End of story.

Hope you all had wonderful Christmas and here’s wishing you all a Happy New Year!

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Congratulations on raising a high functioning daughter.  When we are older and needy our well-raised children pay dividends. 

After buying, borrowing, trying a lot of digital front end pieces my conclusion is this: My ear keeps changing. What sounded like butter 5 years ago sounds like silverware being dropped in the commode today.  I guess it’s age related however my hearing tests show no loss.  
 

My conclusion is this:  play what makes me smile- or tear up. This is a luxury hobby and I’ll never achieve “value” in trading gear- just the thrill of the next thing that aids me in discovering the music.
 

 

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