Cary DMS 700 vs Aurender A300

I don't know what Aurender's policy is, but Cary allows a 30 day trial period, you just pay return shipping cost.  Another difference is Cary sells direct to consumer which may be a better value and if you're buying new, Cary Direct runs sales throughout the year if you're patient.

Great financing also on the Cary

@rkfaberdds I am an Aurender dealer, but I used to have an almost all Cary system. The two units approach the solution very differently.

The A200 is a streamer/server first and a DAC second. The chassis design, power supply, and isolation characteristics overall will result in a lower noise floor and wider, and deeper soundstage. The DAC implementation is very linear and truly focuses on simply converting the signal as pure as possible without the addition of any coloration. As others mention, the A200 features the ability for internal storage, and if you have a local library, be prepared to be amazed at how good this sounds because of Aurender’s implementation. Finally, the user experience of the Conductor app is quite good, and there are product teams actively improving the app since that is a center point of their offering across products. 

Cary designs the DMS DAC first. While they unit sports a streamer, most of the love in the unit goes to the DAC implementation and analog stage of the unit. It produces a more harmonic, but ultimately less resolving sound. Depending on what you want the unit to do, it may actually be the more musical and engaging unit and the one you gravitate to. The DAC implementation and output stage actually results in sonics that are quite pleasant, and I cannot contest that, but you may be looking for immediacy and separation in the long run.

If customer support is a factor, I would go with Aurender hands down. I have had a few encounters with Cary support in past years, and unless they’ve changed that for the better recently, I can say they weren’t the most positive of experiences. Part of their operations went down when Dennis Had stepped away. 
 

Thank you everyone.  I was leaning Aurender, but you’ve helped me decide on the Aurender.  Financing is not part of the equation thankfully.