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February 26, 2016, 01:21 AM #1
Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
I own the Aurender N100H and love it. In fact, I am considering the Aurender W20, their flagship server and player. I purchased the N100H because it was cheap. After a year of owning it, I want to now jump in and replace both internal drives with Samsung SSD Pro. One drive is a SSD and the other is a 1TB spinner. I plan to do what I did when I upgraded the McIntosh MB100.
This evening I sent Aurender a support inquiry to replace the 1TB library drive with a 1TB SSD. I am not worried about warranty but if they have any additional tips beyond the obvious, it certainly doesn't hurt to ask.
I will loop back to this thread and let you all know what they say. Otherwise, I will bit for bit duplicate the spinner to the SSD
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February 26, 2016, 03:11 AM #2
Re: Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
I would recommend to do the 265 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD setup, will serve you better. No benefit whatsoever from storing a library on SSD. The SSD only brings a benefit through faster access, when the Aurender transfers files internally from HDD to SSD for the play que. I have that setup, works like a charm.
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February 26, 2016, 03:18 AM #3
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February 26, 2016, 07:46 AM #4
Re: Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
I don't really understand the point of what you are trying to accomplish. The Aurender only uses the platter based drives to hold your files, it pulls them from that drive and caches them into the SSD drive for playback. This is the beauty of the Aurender products. I own both a N100H and a N10
Marty
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February 26, 2016, 07:51 AM #5My Systems: http://www.audioshark.org/showthread...481#post158481
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February 26, 2016, 07:52 AM #6
Re: Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
“Life’s too short to listen to bad audio.”
Big rig: Brinkmann Taurus DD TT + 12.1 arm + Lyra Etna Lambda SL MC + HRS M3X2/ Cardas Clear Beyond phono/ Stillpoints LPI/ Brinkmann Edison mk2 phono + RöNT II Tube PS/ Synology NAS with Roon + HD Plex linear PSU + Shunyata HD/ AQ Vodka RJ45 + Aqvox Network Switch SE + AQ Diamond RJ45 into DAC/ Brinkmann Nyquist mk2/ Audionet Humboldt/ Cardas Clear Beyond ICs/ Kharma DB9-S 1.1 LS/ Inakustik Reference LS 4004 AIR/ Audioquest Niagara 5000/ Shunyata Alpha power (HC, Analogue, Digital)/ Finite Elemente Pagode Rack/ Stillpoints Ultra SS/ Vicoustic panels + Stillpoints Aperture II.
Small rig: Naim UnitiServe/ Curious USB/ Tidal/ Linn Klimax DS3/ Shunyata Power cable/ Pass Labs INT-60/ Acoustic Zen Silver Reference II/ HiD Diamond 8/ Harbeth 30.2 40th Anniversary/ Shunyata Venom EU7 & Venom 3 HD.
HP rig: MacBookAir/ Tidal/ Auralic Gemini 2000/ Sbooster LPSU/ Audeze LCD-2 Classic + WyWires Red/ Shunyata HD/ Shunyata Hydra 2/ Shunyata Venom.
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February 26, 2016, 08:08 AM #7
Re: Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
Marty
Aurender N20 / SonicTransporter i7 / Roon
MSB Premier
Constellation Inspiration Preamp 1.0 / Mono 1.0
Dynaudio Confidence 50 / SVS SB13 Ultra
PS Audio Powerplant 15
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February 26, 2016, 08:23 AM #8
Re: Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
Yes - it is exactly as you say: there is no technical or audible benefit in storing your library on a SSD vs. a HDD on the Aurender. This is, as the playlist is transferred to SSD for playback.
Even with 16x DSD (Meitner DA2 - not sure any content exists though) 256 GB is enough.
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Big rig: Brinkmann Taurus DD TT + 12.1 arm + Lyra Etna Lambda SL MC + HRS M3X2/ Cardas Clear Beyond phono/ Stillpoints LPI/ Brinkmann Edison mk2 phono + RöNT II Tube PS/ Synology NAS with Roon + HD Plex linear PSU + Shunyata HD/ AQ Vodka RJ45 + Aqvox Network Switch SE + AQ Diamond RJ45 into DAC/ Brinkmann Nyquist mk2/ Audionet Humboldt/ Cardas Clear Beyond ICs/ Kharma DB9-S 1.1 LS/ Inakustik Reference LS 4004 AIR/ Audioquest Niagara 5000/ Shunyata Alpha power (HC, Analogue, Digital)/ Finite Elemente Pagode Rack/ Stillpoints Ultra SS/ Vicoustic panels + Stillpoints Aperture II.
Small rig: Naim UnitiServe/ Curious USB/ Tidal/ Linn Klimax DS3/ Shunyata Power cable/ Pass Labs INT-60/ Acoustic Zen Silver Reference II/ HiD Diamond 8/ Harbeth 30.2 40th Anniversary/ Shunyata Venom EU7 & Venom 3 HD.
HP rig: MacBookAir/ Tidal/ Auralic Gemini 2000/ Sbooster LPSU/ Audeze LCD-2 Classic + WyWires Red/ Shunyata HD/ Shunyata Hydra 2/ Shunyata Venom.
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February 26, 2016, 09:23 AM #9
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Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
Can you hear the HDD bring accessed? I have a N100 on loan with a 1tb SSD and I love that during late night sessions the silences are absolutely silent.
With my Mac mini and FireWire HDD I hated I could hear the disk drive being accessed.DeVore O96 / Leben CS600X / Rossini DAC & HiFi Rose 150B / Gigafoil v4 w/ Keces P3 /Denali 6000S
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February 26, 2016, 09:32 AM #10
Re: Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
“Life’s too short to listen to bad audio.”
Big rig: Brinkmann Taurus DD TT + 12.1 arm + Lyra Etna Lambda SL MC + HRS M3X2/ Cardas Clear Beyond phono/ Stillpoints LPI/ Brinkmann Edison mk2 phono + RöNT II Tube PS/ Synology NAS with Roon + HD Plex linear PSU + Shunyata HD/ AQ Vodka RJ45 + Aqvox Network Switch SE + AQ Diamond RJ45 into DAC/ Brinkmann Nyquist mk2/ Audionet Humboldt/ Cardas Clear Beyond ICs/ Kharma DB9-S 1.1 LS/ Inakustik Reference LS 4004 AIR/ Audioquest Niagara 5000/ Shunyata Alpha power (HC, Analogue, Digital)/ Finite Elemente Pagode Rack/ Stillpoints Ultra SS/ Vicoustic panels + Stillpoints Aperture II.
Small rig: Naim UnitiServe/ Curious USB/ Tidal/ Linn Klimax DS3/ Shunyata Power cable/ Pass Labs INT-60/ Acoustic Zen Silver Reference II/ HiD Diamond 8/ Harbeth 30.2 40th Anniversary/ Shunyata Venom EU7 & Venom 3 HD.
HP rig: MacBookAir/ Tidal/ Auralic Gemini 2000/ Sbooster LPSU/ Audeze LCD-2 Classic + WyWires Red/ Shunyata HD/ Shunyata Hydra 2/ Shunyata Venom.
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February 27, 2016, 12:04 PM #11
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Re: Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
Good to know. Thanks
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Technics 1200G with EMT TSD15N, A23 Hommage T2 SUT, Leben RS30EQ, A23 interconnects
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March 3, 2016, 01:11 AM #12
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Re: Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
Hi....
I have the N100H....
I have a 512gb SSD that I would like to use instead of the 128gb SSD that the unit came with....
Is it as simple as taking out the old drive, and plugging in the new drive, and it will work, or must some software be transferred, or the drive formatted ? or something I am not thinking of.....
Thanks for any info.
Shelly
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March 3, 2016, 01:11 PM #13
Re: Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
Welcome to the forum Shelly, thank you for joining.
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March 3, 2016, 01:14 PM #14
Re: Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
“Life’s too short to listen to bad audio.”
Big rig: Brinkmann Taurus DD TT + 12.1 arm + Lyra Etna Lambda SL MC + HRS M3X2/ Cardas Clear Beyond phono/ Stillpoints LPI/ Brinkmann Edison mk2 phono + RöNT II Tube PS/ Synology NAS with Roon + HD Plex linear PSU + Shunyata HD/ AQ Vodka RJ45 + Aqvox Network Switch SE + AQ Diamond RJ45 into DAC/ Brinkmann Nyquist mk2/ Audionet Humboldt/ Cardas Clear Beyond ICs/ Kharma DB9-S 1.1 LS/ Inakustik Reference LS 4004 AIR/ Audioquest Niagara 5000/ Shunyata Alpha power (HC, Analogue, Digital)/ Finite Elemente Pagode Rack/ Stillpoints Ultra SS/ Vicoustic panels + Stillpoints Aperture II.
Small rig: Naim UnitiServe/ Curious USB/ Tidal/ Linn Klimax DS3/ Shunyata Power cable/ Pass Labs INT-60/ Acoustic Zen Silver Reference II/ HiD Diamond 8/ Harbeth 30.2 40th Anniversary/ Shunyata Venom EU7 & Venom 3 HD.
HP rig: MacBookAir/ Tidal/ Auralic Gemini 2000/ Sbooster LPSU/ Audeze LCD-2 Classic + WyWires Red/ Shunyata HD/ Shunyata Hydra 2/ Shunyata Venom.
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March 3, 2016, 01:21 PM #15
Re: Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
Hey Shelly,
I have a McIntosh MB100 with two proprietary formatted drives. I simply bit for bit copied the drive on to two SSDs and worked flawlessly. I assuming I am able to do the same. I have the new Samsung Pro SSD. I just haven't copied the drive over yet. I can't imagine it's a big deal. The Aurender or any other file serving similar device is just a computer. The MB100 is in large part an Atonomics device and I spoke with their tech guys and they were like...oh now. It's sooooo special... you can't do that... NOT! So Lame LOL
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November 2, 2016, 11:56 AM #16
Re: Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
Nice read guys,
As I'm torn between either said Aurrender N100H, or Lumin D1 as a dedicated music server, I'm following everything I can find on both, so while this is a old thread it still carries weight in my mind.
_o scar
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November 2, 2016, 12:13 PM #17
Re: Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
My Systems: http://www.audioshark.org/showthread...481#post158481
"We can hear everything we measure, but we can't measure everything we hear. Let your ears be your guide."
Dealer for: Aqua Hi-Fi, Aurender, AudioQuest Cables & Power Products, Berkeley Audio, Block Audio (distributor), Boulder Amplifiers, Bowers & Wilkins (B&W), Bryston, Clarisys Audio Loudspeakers (distributor), Classe’ Audio, Degritter Record Cleaning Machines, Esoteric, Finite Elemente, FirstWatt, Focal Loudspeakers and Headphones, GigaFoil, Harbeth Loudspeakers, Hegel, HiFi Man, Innuos, ISO Acoustics, Keces Power Supplies, Kharma Loudspeakers and Electronics, Kuzma Turntables, Lumin, Luxman, Magico Loudspeakers, MBL Speakers & Electronics, MSB Technologies, MySonicLabs Phono Cartridges, Nordost Cables, Ortofon, Pass Labs, Quadraspire, Rega Turntables and Electronics, Shunyata Research, STAX, Stein Music Products, Stillpoints, Soulution, VAC, Vicoustics, Viva Audio, VPI Industries, WireWorld Cables.
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November 2, 2016, 12:44 PM #18
Re: Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
Thanks Mike,
As I'm enjoying the cheap by a lotta you guys standards little PS Audio NuWave DSD DAC tied to a Mac Mini, I'm more inclined to pursue said N100H, yet I've my heart set on getting a pair of Boenicke W5SEs in the new year before finalizing matters with said server.
But I'll certainly come to you once said moment arrives.
_o scar
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July 1, 2017, 03:42 PM #19
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Re: Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
Hello Folks
How do I upgrade the 2To hard drive of the N100h to 4To ?
Possible to do it alone ?
Cheers
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July 1, 2017, 03:43 PM #20
Re: Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
My Systems: http://www.audioshark.org/showthread...481#post158481
"We can hear everything we measure, but we can't measure everything we hear. Let your ears be your guide."
Dealer for: Aqua Hi-Fi, Aurender, AudioQuest Cables & Power Products, Berkeley Audio, Block Audio (distributor), Boulder Amplifiers, Bowers & Wilkins (B&W), Bryston, Clarisys Audio Loudspeakers (distributor), Classe’ Audio, Degritter Record Cleaning Machines, Esoteric, Finite Elemente, FirstWatt, Focal Loudspeakers and Headphones, GigaFoil, Harbeth Loudspeakers, Hegel, HiFi Man, Innuos, ISO Acoustics, Keces Power Supplies, Kharma Loudspeakers and Electronics, Kuzma Turntables, Lumin, Luxman, Magico Loudspeakers, MBL Speakers & Electronics, MSB Technologies, MySonicLabs Phono Cartridges, Nordost Cables, Ortofon, Pass Labs, Quadraspire, Rega Turntables and Electronics, Shunyata Research, STAX, Stein Music Products, Stillpoints, Soulution, VAC, Vicoustics, Viva Audio, VPI Industries, WireWorld Cables.
https://suncoastaudio.com/
Phone: 941-932-0282
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July 1, 2017, 03:47 PM #21
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Re: Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
Thanks Mike
I'm afraid that the unit is off warranty
And that would take some months
Here in France , the importer doesn't offer the possibility
Cheers
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April 2, 2018, 02:06 PM #22
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Re: Aurender N100H [Hard Drive Upgrade]
Hello
Still no one having changed the 2to hd ?
Cheers
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