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Looks like Aurender just announced a new category of product for CES 2016 (like Lumin did with the Lumin U1):
http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2016/01/ces-2016-aurender-demo-a10-server-streamer-dac/
"A10 is a server/streamer with in-built DAC whose twin AKM4490 chips decode to dual mono analogue circuitry. “The A10 is a N100H with a DAC in a full width chassis” says Aurender’s John Paul Lizars."
Digital audio goes in, analogue audio comes out – via balanced XLRs or single-ended RCAs – no external DAC required. Content can be sourced from the cloud or via the A10’s 2TB internal HDD storage. Digital audio is cached in a 128Gb SSD before being sent downstream for decoding...
The A10’s pricing is yet to be firmed up but expected to come at under US$5K with the aluminium shell “keeping manufacturing costs up there,” according to Lizars".
Sleek design and build quality, and the internal layout looks impressive and tidy.
Subject to final pricing (and sound quality), it looks like this will be a hit. Attractive combination of design, app, storage and built-in preamp without having to fiddle with a PC/MAC or NAS setup.
http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2016/01/ces-2016-aurender-demo-a10-server-streamer-dac/
"A10 is a server/streamer with in-built DAC whose twin AKM4490 chips decode to dual mono analogue circuitry. “The A10 is a N100H with a DAC in a full width chassis” says Aurender’s John Paul Lizars."
Digital audio goes in, analogue audio comes out – via balanced XLRs or single-ended RCAs – no external DAC required. Content can be sourced from the cloud or via the A10’s 2TB internal HDD storage. Digital audio is cached in a 128Gb SSD before being sent downstream for decoding...
The A10’s pricing is yet to be firmed up but expected to come at under US$5K with the aluminium shell “keeping manufacturing costs up there,” according to Lizars".
Sleek design and build quality, and the internal layout looks impressive and tidy.
Subject to final pricing (and sound quality), it looks like this will be a hit. Attractive combination of design, app, storage and built-in preamp without having to fiddle with a PC/MAC or NAS setup.
