Aurender N100H Review

JGlacken said:
So my new baby is scheduled to arrive tomorrow and I am still wondering about moving the files. Am I correct that when using Pure Music on a mac mini and a NAS that the music files are on the NAS, but the info and artwork is on the Mac mini in iTunes? If this is correct, how does the aurender move all info together? I may be way off base here. Just don't want to screw it up upfront.
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Mike said:
Jeff - I could be wrong, but I think the artwork and info is contained in a meta tag with the file. So, it SHOULD all be on the NAS.

Mike
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Jeff, I'd be cautious about your expectations. I assume you ripped with iTunes, even though the stored files are on your NAS? Mike is right, of course; the meta-data...Artist, Album, Art, etc...is embedded in the file itself, during the rip (or sometimes after the rip).

However...I'd bet dollars to donuts, Apple's tagging from ripping in iTunes; is proprietary...just like everything else Apple does. In other words...the tagging, and meta-data, is only recognized by iTunes and iTune-simulating machines (like Pure Music...which if memory serves, is just an overlay to iTunes, yes).

Is that is the case; Aurender won't read it. I hope I'm wrong, and wish you luck; but you may need to re-tag, for your files to work with the N100H.
 
Uh oh...yeah, I use DBPowerAmp for ripping.


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ok, I have read through Chris C.'s article and now have a headache. And here I thought all week long as I was cleaning up my music library I was embedding the artwork. HA! LOL. Now to use finder and see if there are thumbnails next to music files.
 
JGlacken said:
ok, I have read through Chris C.'s article and now have a headache. And here I thought all week long as I was cleaning up my music library I was embedding the artwork. HA! LOL. Now to use finder and see if there are thumbnails next to music files.
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Jeff, I've never had to do it...because I wouldn't touch Mac with a 10-foot pole ;)

But if Connaker's article doesn't cover it...do some Google-ing, for "mass tagging [format]" (whatever format your files are in; ALAC I'm guessing?)

I'm not saying it'll be a piece of cake; but I've heard there are programs, that can make much easier work of it.
 
OK, so I have set up Tidal which did not let me log in for quite a while. I like it, but doesn't have much content in Jazz section 180 albums and smooth Jazz seems limited. Early 90's stuff is what I like best.
Anyway, downloaded AMM after loading a few albums manually and seemed to have lost my server connection to my NAS. Updated DSM on Synology so they couldn't say that was the problem. Used to be
I could hit finder and click on disk station and away we go. Can't do that now and have to go into Finder-go-connect to server etc. So half way through AMM and they ask to add share and I pick Diskstation and
it tells me must be SMB, not afp. Now when I searched Synology website for help, they said I need to mount Diskstation with afp. BTW, using an iMac. Chris, it's not just Apple, Windows gave me lots of trouble
prior. Anway, any ideas about setting up AMM?
 
Well, I mounted the Diskstation with the smb://and the ip address and now it is scanning. We shall see???

BTW, where does it mention AMM anywhere in the quick start guide?:bonkers:
 
JGlacken said:
OK, so I have set up Tidal which did not let me log in for quite a while. I like it, but doesn't have much content in Jazz section 180 albums and smooth Jazz seems limited. Early 90's stuff is what I like best.
Anyway, downloaded AMM after loading a few albums manually and seemed to have lost my server connection to my NAS. Updated DSM on Synology so they couldn't say that was the problem. Used to be
I could hit finder and click on disk station and away we go. Can't do that now and have to go into Finder-go-connect to server etc. So half way through AMM and they ask to add share and I pick Diskstation and
it tells me must be SMB, not afp. Now when I searched Synology website for help, they said I need to mount Diskstation with afp. BTW, using an iMac. Chris, it's not just Apple, Windows gave me lots of trouble
prior. Anway, any ideas about setting up AMM?
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No Jeff, sorry. I have not had to deal with AMM at all...since I got the 100H; which I switched to, because I did have some trouble with AMM and the N100.

BTW...on the Jazz titles; are you sure you're not just looking in the Genre section; where it makes recommendations. I'd swear that they have more, than 180 Jazz titles. Give me one example, of an artist you were looking for and couldn't find?
 
Thanks Chris, definitely heard a difference with files moved to Aurender local drive. Clearer, more forward and a bit more channel separation. Now to go back and clean up my iTunes library on my mac mini. Going to try the scripts that Chris C recommended on CA only in later versions. Will let you know.
 
JGlacken said:
Thanks Chris. It would appear you are correct as I have searched for more info and found Chris from Computer Audiophile with an article that describes going from iTunes on mac to Aurender S10 or any Linux machine. Yikes!
Here is the link: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/457-guide-converting-itunes-dedicated-music-server/
oops, sorry, don't know how to add link here.
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Not sure why some people are trying to complicate this. I've always used iTunes to rip (AIFF format). It integrates perfectly with the Aurender. All you need to do is drop in the cover art file then upload the folder to the Aurender.

Are people having other issues with this (am I missing something)?
 
bobwah said:
A lot would depend on if you need/want a cd ripper or not.
I yet to rip 80% of my cd collection thats the only reason I didn't pull the trigger on a n100h.
Ive got a Antipodes arriving tomorrow so ill find out what software it uses then.
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Most people don't realise that you can in fact plug in a USB CD-rom drive into an Aurender and rip directly. The cost is under $50 these days for a suitable drive. This is nice because you can then remove once done and you don't have a redundant drive sitting there afterwards.
 
Arcade said:
Most people don't realise that you can in fact plug in a USB CD-rom drive into an Aurender and rip directly. The cost is under $50 these days for a suitable drive. This is nice because you can then remove once done and you don't have a redundant drive sitting there afterwards.
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I sure didn't! How does it handle tagging?
 
Never tried it, I imagine it may connect to a database if connected to the internet, otherwise you'd have to do it manually. I think you'd be far better off ripping on your computer. I just mention it because I think the lack of a CD drive on the Aurender is a pro, not a con like some people suggest. Many work-arounds so that it's a non-issue.

The other benefit of ripping on your PC is that you have a backup of your music by default.
 
JGlacken said:
Thanks Chris, definitely heard a difference with files moved to Aurender local drive. Clearer, more forward and a bit more channel separation. Now to go back and clean up my iTunes library on my mac mini. Going to try the scripts that Chris C recommended on CA only in later versions. Will let you know.
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I don't know why that would make a difference. I thought the N100H buffers everything to the internal SSD regardless of where the files are stored.
 
A little update and a question:

I have moved all music from NAS to Aurender local drive, I have cleaned up and added album covers and for the most part I am thrilled with the improvement in SQ. Still breaking in, but more room arrow d the instruments, female vocal are in the room and dead quiet background.
Question, I have about 55 albums that do not show an artist under the album title in the album view. They seem to be set up the same way ones that have artist are set up. Aurender help has suggested I use XLD to tag these. I have used XLD to convert from air to flac, but don't know what they mean by tagging??? Would someone please tell me how to set XLD preferences so that I don't screw up the file already there. Not sure where the artist would go to get it to display on my iPad. Thanks.
 
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