The "Official" Aurender Discussion Thread

[scottman]

Hello and thank you in advance for your observations and advice. I just received today my N100SC, and a couple of questions occur to me as I’m setting it up.
 

First, with the solid-state storage drive buffer, will I hear effects of various upstream components, eg, router, Ethernet switch and cabling. Making the transition as I am from a computer-based server/streamer, my experience suggests that the entire network affects the system sonics. Intuitively, though, I might predict these elements will have no effect on the Aurender’s performance, since it is reading from the internal drive during playback. But, audio system performance often is counterintuitive.

 

My second question also relates to what I might expect from a component that writes music files to an internal drive before playback. I currently have an NAS set up in my listening room and plan to access it using the Aurender. Would there be an advantage to installing a drive in the N100CS?

 

Finally, if I understand the way the Aurender operates, I should be able to play back from the internal hard drive while completely disconnected from the network. Is that correct?

 

Thanks again!

[scottman]

Thank you, Vincent1234. Just as with every other component I’ve had in my system over the years, everything matters. Cheers.

 

[scottman]

Thanks folks for this discussion. As a couple of you said, it’s a hobby; and, you’ve given me a good deal to think about and play with.

[scottman]

I just moved my n100sc without incident. However, it will not complete the boot cycle now. It connects to the Wi-Fi network, but won’t settle into full operational mode. The set up is so easy that it seems unlikely, but is it possible I’m missing something in the set up? I don’t want to jump to the conclusion I have a hardware/firmware problem before considering other possibilities.