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February 20, 2020, 03:41 PM
Thread: Nagra HD DAC
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Re: Nagra HD DAC
The "upgrade" to the HD DAC is called " Tube DAC". There is an upgrade plan available from NAGRA.
One of the main change is a new Digital board with the addition of a new Nagra proprietary... -
October 29, 2018, 03:23 PM
Thread: Aurender W20 vs my hot-rodded PC server
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Re: Aurender W20 vs my hot-rodded PC server
OK, I have completed my tests for best connexion between my Aurender W20 and my Denafrips Terminator R2R DAC.
- First I compared the 3 connections ( AES, Coax and USB) with 3 cables from the... -
October 23, 2018, 04:11 PM
Thread: Boulder 2120 DAC
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Re: Boulder 2120 DAC
Interesting, but what is the connection of your writing with the Boulder 2120 ?
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October 5, 2018, 05:33 PM
Thread: Aurender W20 vs my hot-rodded PC server
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Re: Aurender W20 vs my hot-rodded PC server
Well, now the Aurender W20 is installed at home above the Denafrips Terminator R2R DAC and under the BHSE amp & the EC445 Amp. I installed them on cones made of lava to decouple them from the...
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September 29, 2018, 02:44 PM
Thread: Aurender W20 vs my hot-rodded PC server
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Re: Aurender W20 vs my hot-rodded PC server
Don’t worry I also got the original top.
So as soon as I am back home I will listen to compare booth, and... it is very possible that I will put back the original top ;-) -
September 29, 2018, 02:38 AM
Thread: Aurender W20 vs my hot-rodded PC server
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Re: Aurender W20 vs my hot-rodded PC server
For weeks, I was hoping for a W20 successor, but now that I have bought a W20... I hope the successor will not come soon ! funny isn't it ?
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September 27, 2018, 06:55 PM
Thread: Aurender W20 vs my hot-rodded PC server
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Re: Aurender W20 vs my hot-rodded PC server
Great news (for me). I finally bought a used W20, and it is at my home already.
I already tried it with my friends NAGRA HD DAC and with my own Denafrips Terminator R2R DAC. With booth the... -
September 25, 2018, 11:53 AM
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Re: Aurender W20's battery life and replacement cost
Dear sir, I got this reassuring answer from Aurender support team :
«* The LiFePO4 has a very long charge/discharge cycle life time, which is about 2,000 times longer than Lithium Ion’s 300~500.... -
September 24, 2018, 05:49 AM
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Re: Aurender N10 - Stereophile A+ Recommended Component
I Wonder if getting a used W20 instead of a N10 still make sense with a DAC that do NOT has Dual AES/EBU and NO Clock Input.
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September 23, 2018, 05:52 PM
Thread: Aurender W20 vs my hot-rodded PC server
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Re: Aurender W20 vs my hot-rodded PC server
could you please provide the link to this interesting shootout ? thanks
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September 23, 2018, 04:50 PM
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Re: Aurender W20's battery life and replacement cost
thanks. I will write to Aurender's support team
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September 23, 2018, 04:29 PM
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Aurender W20's battery life and replacement cost
I am proposed a 3 years old W20. My main fear is that the batteries will soon have to be replaced, and what is the cost (and the possibility) to replace them.
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September 14, 2018, 03:41 PM
Thread: Aurender used as... a NAS ?
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Aurender used as... a NAS ?
I have a question: while I will have my Aurender connected to my DAC for HiFi listening, can my home SONOS system also use the Aurender to play another music from the Aurender HD ( the SONOS will...
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September 8, 2018, 02:35 PM
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Re: Aurender N10 - Stereophile A+ Recommended Component
Agrée, but it is more convenient to have lyrics inside your player. Deezer even scroll the text to follow the singing, like.. karaoke ;-)
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September 8, 2018, 05:04 AM
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Re: Aurender N10 - Stereophile A+ Recommended Component
I am myself NOT a ROON fan, and therefore ready to accept that the Conductor app is a very vialable alternative. The ONLY MISSING FEATURE for me compared to ROON (and Deezer), is the ability to...
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August 31, 2018, 11:28 AM
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Re: Aurender N10 - Stereophile A+ Recommended Component
I was tempted by the W20, but I discovered that... the 2 AES connectors of my DAC do not support dual mode AES/EBU. And also my DAC does not have Clock input.
So, I wonder if, without use of... -
Re: Lumin X1
thanks a lot for your answer. I understand that LUMIN cannot run Roon Core, but... can the LUMIN be a ROON Endpoint and allow us to choose (on the fly ? ) between ROON interface and Lumin iPAD app ...
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Re: Lumin X1 Flagship Roon Ready Network Player
This Lumin X1 seems to be a very good product, but I have a hard time to understand the real difference between a LUMIN streamer, and a simple streaming DAC like Brinkmann Nyquist, dcS Rossini,...
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July 19, 2018, 11:08 AM
Thread: Aurender Content Server
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Re: Aurender Content Server
http://www.audioshark.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=23096&stc=1
I wonder why the ACS has 3 Ethernet outputs ? any explanation where those 3 ethernet cable go ?
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July 19, 2018, 11:00 AM
Thread: Aurender W20 vs my hot-rodded PC server
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Re: Aurender W20 vs my hot-rodded PC server
Thank you very much for your explanations. I am sorry to hear that you had such problems with Aurender. May be your N10 was defective or it's firmware corrupted ?
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July 18, 2018, 10:03 PM
Thread: Aurender W20 vs my hot-rodded PC server
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Re: Aurender W20 vs my hot-rodded PC server
Interesting.... could you please elaborate why you choosed LUMIN ?
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July 17, 2018, 06:08 PM
Thread: dCS in the house
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Re: dCS in the house
thanks mike for the advice but... the MSB Select (and the vivaldi) are not in the same price range than the dCS Rossini, which is the max budget I am ready to spend.
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July 17, 2018, 05:24 PM
Thread: Aurender W20 vs my hot-rodded PC server
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Re: Aurender W20 vs my hot-rodded PC server
The W20 is 5 years old, which is... very old by digital standards ! are there any rumors about a successor to the W20 ?
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July 17, 2018, 03:50 PM
Thread: dCS in the house
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Re: dCS in the house
I read few times that the ROSSINI (that I am contemplating a my next DAC) does support Tidal, Spotify Connect & Deezer, but... I do not see any mention of DEEZER in the Rossini's manual
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June 24, 2018, 12:38 PM
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Re: Brinkmann Nyquist DAC - technical jewel with marvelous sound
Well, MELCO cannot run ROON Server but... the Zenith ( starting with the «*cheap*» 2000$ version ) can run ROON Server, so... you can use the Zenith as a ROON Server + ROON End-point (and connect it...
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