The "Official" Aurender Discussion Thread

[DancingSea]

This reminds me of the archetypical story of a man driving his family somewhere, and even though they're assuredly lost, refusing to ask for directions, insisting that he knows where they are.

 

Aurender has amazing tech support.  Simply ask them if it's possible to remove the existing hard drive, and install it on the new Aurender.  And if so, how to do it.  You'll know the whole scoop in less than 24 hours.  Eric Shim himself is likely to respond.

 

Or, yes, one can continue to drive aimlessly around in the woods ;)

[scoc]

2 hours ago, Anonamemouse said:

 

 

Wellicht moet ik Engels met een Vlaams accent typen?

Typical comment from a Dutch person to a Belgian :(  JC.

 

I do not understand why you need to be this rude. Look, when you have the funds to buy an Aurender then I assume 250€ for an extra SSD in the new Aurender will not be a problem. Furthermore, when you want to sell your previous unit it’s better with some existing storage anyway. The Aurender clone feature exists for a reason and works just fine. But it seems for some reason people want to make their issues more difficult than they actual are.

[DancingSea]

Oh my, an international incident!

 

That made me go to Google translate:

 

"Wellicht moet ik Engels met een Vlaams accent typen" means "I may have to type in english with a Flemish accent".

 

Is this the part where The Netherlands invades Belgium?

[mike1127]

31 minutes ago, DancingSea said:

This reminds me of the archetypical story of a man driving his family somewhere, and even though they're assuredly lost, refusing to ask for directions, insisting that he knows where they are.

 

Aurender has amazing tech support.  Simply ask them if it's possible to remove the existing hard drive, and install it on the new Aurender.  And if so, how to do it.  You'll know the whole scoop in less than 24 hours.  Eric Shim himself is likely to respond.

 

Or, yes, one can continue to drive aimlessly around in the woods ;)

Aurender customer support seems to be busy right at this moment. Sent an email three days ago and haven't heard from them. I left a phone call and got a message about them being at a show or something. But I assume they will become responsive again.

[mike1127]

So I did pick up an Aurender N100! (from The Music Room) It is wonderful with my two DACs, both custom modified, an iFi iDSD and a Gustard x20pro. 

 

I just bought a PS Audio Direct Stream DAC (Mk 1) for $1799 (also from The Music Room). It will be here late next week. I'm told this is an incredible deal. It will be interesting to see what effect the Aurender has on it. I'll probably compare using the USB out from a Windows 10 NUC and an iFi Zen Stream.

 

[DancingSea]

4 minutes ago, mike1127 said:

So I did pick up an Aurender N100! (from The Music Room) It is wonderful with my two DACs, both custom modified, an iFi iDSD and a Gustard x20pro. 

 

I just bought a PS Audio Direct Stream DAC (Mk 1) for $1799 (also from The Music Room). It will be here late next week. I'm told this is an incredible deal. It will be interesting to see what effect the Aurender has on it. I'll probably compare using the USB out from a Windows 10 NUC and an iFi Zen Stream.

 

 

Wow, you aren't messing around!  Yes, the DirectStream is excellent and $1799 is an amazing deal for the $6000 DAC.

 

I assume Aurender is busy with Axpona.

[HifiVoice]

1 hour ago, mike1127 said:

Aurender customer support seems to be busy right at this moment. Sent an email three days ago and haven't heard from them. I left a phone call and got a message about them being at a show or something. But I assume they will become responsive again.

 

Got an email from them today, excusing for the delayed response as they are very hectic with all sort of things including preparing the AXPONA show, and a recent upgrade of their support systems. Until now, they have always helped me with whatever request I have sent to them, I think there support deserves a 10 out of 10. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

Eric is in room 634 at Axpona. 

[HifiVoice]

4 hours ago, Anonamemouse said:

Wellicht moet ik Engels met een Vlaams accent typen?

 

Somebody is trying to help you, why react like this? 

[DancingSea]

43 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Eric is in room 634 at Axpona. 

 

Will be interesting to see how/if Aurender highlights Roon integration at the show.  I speculate the Aurender Roon update was timed for Axpona exposure.

[NTWrong]

4 hours ago, mike1127 said:

So I did pick up an Aurender N100! (from The Music Room) It is wonderful with my two DACs, both custom modified, an iFi iDSD and a Gustard x20pro. 

 

I just bought a PS Audio Direct Stream DAC (Mk 1) for $1799 (also from The Music Room). It will be here late next week. I'm told this is an incredible deal. It will be interesting to see what effect the Aurender has on it. I'll probably compare using the USB out from a Windows 10 NUC and an iFi Zen Stream.

 

I’ll be interested in hearing your reaction. I have a PS Audio BHK pre-amp, and I doubt I’ll ever feel a need to upgrade. 

[DancingSea]

1 hour ago, NTWrong said:

I’ll be interested in hearing your reaction. I have a PS Audio BHK pre-amp, and I doubt I’ll ever feel a need to upgrade. 

 

Having owned a DirectStream I can say it's very very revealing which has its pros and cons, depending upon the recording.

[Ponzi]

I owned a Direct Steam and was quite happy with it. Like all of us, I struggled over time to eliminate the “glare” on the leading edge of piano strokes in the upper registers. I switched out this or that piece of equipment, making small improves here and there. At the recommendation of my dealer, I tried the Nagra Tube DAC in place of the Direct Stream. The glare disappeared and many things appeared I did not know were missing. It is beyond my ability to put it into words, other than to say that everything was just more beautiful. The leap from one to the other was hardly free however. And I listen to piano music 75% of the time. I remain convinced that the Direct Stream is a very nice machine for the money.

[HifiVoice]

ROON announcement:

 

https://aurender.com/roon_ready/
 

 

[DancingSea]

23 hours ago, HifiVoice said:

 

Somebody is trying to help you, why react like this? 

 

I'm genuinely curious why "I may have to type english with a Flemish accent" is so offensive?   Is there some cultural backstory to this of which I'm unaware, like the great accent wars of 1684?  Are Flemish people particularly sensitive to comments about their accent?

 

I can imagine an entire Monty Python skit about typing with a Flemish (or any other) accent!

[HifiVoice]

48 minutes ago, DancingSea said:

 

I'm genuinely curious why "I may have to type english with a Flemish accent" is so offensive?   Is there some cultural backstory to this of which I'm unaware, like the great accent wars of 1684?  Are Flemish people particularly sensitive to comments about their accent?

 

I can imagine an entire Monty Python skit about typing with a Flemish (or any other) accent!

 

The original question was given a particular answer by me, the original questioner responded it was not the solution he was looking for (which is OK of course), after that a Flemish person gave a similar answer again. The original questioner then replies pretty blunt to the Flemish person that he did not read the history correctly, and whether he should "educate/correct" him in his own language. 

 

 

There are indeed some sensitivities between Dutch and Belgium cultures. Belgium people are considered to be "dumb" and "funny pronouncing the Dutch language", and Dutch people are considered to be "frugal" (think of "going Dutch").

 

The Belgium person could have been blunt as well by for instance saying "Why don't you spend just €200 more for an SSD on a ~€7000 Aurender, or are you married to a Zeeuws Meisje?"  (hinting at a frugal person; Google Translate is your friend). The latter part adds an unnecessary potential cultural sensitivity.

 

Let's be friendly, show mutual respect, and let's talk about our passion and hobby here! Back to Aurender. 

 

 

 

 

[DancingSea]

16 minutes ago, HifiVoice said:

There are indeed some sensitivities between Dutch and Belgium cultures. Belgium people are considered to be "dumb" and "funny pronouncing the Dutch language", and Dutch people are considered to be "fugal" (think of "going Dutch").

 

I see, a bit like the relationship between Connecticut and West Virginia ;)

 

But if Belgium people marry pieces of margarine, then maybe he has a point!  In West Virginia however, they only marry margarine to whom they are related.

 

Just what the heck is going on in Europe these days? I have to get out of the house more.

[Sonic77]

On 4/13/2024 at 7:26 AM, HifiVoice said:

ROON announcement:

 

https://aurender.com/roon_ready/
 

 

Updated and Installed Roon on my N20, very good! Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Anonamemouse]

For anyone wondering: It is not possible to move an SSD from a N100SC to an N200. The  N200 will not recognize it at all.

Probably because the N200 is Intel based and the N100SC is AMD based.

 

So I am now uploading close to 3 Tb from my NAS to my new N200. I did one single album first  to make sure it worked and to check how it sounded. I know I said before that it's mainly the DAC that makes the sound (and I am still behind that), but moving from an N100SC to an N200 definitely IS a considerable step up in detail, air, clarity, spaciousness.

 

BTW, the first album was Sting - Brand New Day, in DSF.

If you really want to hear an excellent recording, find that.

[Samuel]

 Selling my Aurender N30SA for a very good deal, change my system to an active speaker so it is an over kill for my system.

[GJo]

10 minutes ago, Samuel said:

 Selling my Aurender N30SA for a very good deal, change my system to an active speaker so it is an over kill for my system.

Send me a PM with the details. Price, color, etc. Also your location. 

[AurenderAmerica]

@Anonamemouse Hello-Sorry this message didn't reach you in time. You can move any Aurender SSD/HDD from one unit to another. Placing the drive in an N200, go to Conductor settings/storage and library information and select "refresh drives", this should scan and build your library on the new unit. Depending on the drive size, this may take some time. If this does not work, send in a remote support email and our support staff can mount the old drive in the new Aurender for you remotely.

[Anonamemouse]

2 hours ago, AurenderAmerica said:

@Anonamemouse Hello-Sorry this message didn't reach you in time. You can move any Aurender SSD/HDD from one unit to another. Placing the drive in an N200, go to Conductor settings/storage and library information and select "refresh drives", this should scan and build your library on the new unit. Depending on the drive size, this may take some time. If this does not work, send in a remote support email and our support staff can mount the old drive in the new Aurender for you remotely.

Gosh darn... I actually did try that, but nothing happened. I also sent an email, but: no reply. Probably because of Axpona. 

 

Oh well... I did some work on my music collection in the past months (album covers, meta tags, weeding out doubles etcetera), and I was positive that I'd remember what I still needed to remove or upload. (Yeah, right)

I probably got most, but now I definitely got everything so it's not all bad.

 

When I go from a 4Tb to an 8Tb SSD I'll call in the tech dept again. Although adding another 4Tb is probably cheaper... 

[NTWrong]

17 hours ago, Anonamemouse said:

now I definitely got everything so it's not all bad.

Glad you got it sorted to your satisfaction. Managing thousands of audio files is a right PITA, but it goes with the territory of the hobby.

[kvm]

Hi, I have an option to move from w20 to N20 with the new Roon capability added and support for higher resolution formats; would appreciate if any who compared both share their opinions if:

1. Moving from w20 to N20 - would it be a significant upgrade SQ wise?

2. n20 with Roon - is that a game changer - again SQ wise; I know the user experience of Roon is top notch but am more keen on the SQ

 

Thanks