Melco v Aurender

[PhilP]

Thanks for the write-up, Rufus, it sounds like you a had a very interesting day  Please can you confirm which Aurender model you tried - you mention X100H but I think you must mean either X100L or N100H. I doubt if there's much difference in SQ between them though the N100H has an LPS and could possibly sound better. It sounds like you clearly preferred the Melco but iit is a shame that the Aurender wasn't run-in; as you say, it may not have been a fair comparison.

I have only ever tried two USB cables as part of my hi-fi - the Chord Sarum and a Canon printer cable and can confirm the former is much better. It only has two drawbacks - absurd price and it's not very flexible... The Sarum I tried was white - not sure it they all are? - I honestly didn't think it looked that great.

http://www.chord.co.uk/product/chord-sar...to-type-b/


EDIT: just a thought - you can buy a Melco N1A plus Chord Sarum for less than the price of an Aurender N100H