Auralic Aries vs Aurender X100 vs Melco N1Z

[krass]

Just wanted to share  that yesterday i got my X100L and its amazing, i listen all night to my whole music collection and couldn't stop,  everything is simply sounds better then with my mac mini, the bass is more tighter , the mid is fuller and sound is more analog and non fatigue. Couldn't be happier  

What i didn't liked its  iPad app that controls Aurender, a lot of things that i would change, starting from old IOS6 design, no iPhone app, no backround process (every time you press home button and then get back opens default view and not where you left, very annoying), big issues with proper music organising ( in iTunes its was a lot smarter) etc...

i guess ill have to live with it and hope that app will be better with future updates because the SQ is amazing .

Stigmater, very happy for you and welcome to the club of Devialet/Aurender combo

your observations on SQ are perfectly aligned with my experience with Aurender. Tube-like and far away from being digital!

regarding the app, i agree it is old and not aesthetically pleasing but it is functional and there is a learning curve to it. i find browsing, searching, sorting and queuing up tracks to build playlists on the fly to be all amazing. of course Aurender can improve it a lot but my only consolation is that it is reliable and very stable (no bugs, no crashes).

FYI, there is an Android version that works on phones and tablets

Can the Aurender app provide a list of tracks showing track ratings?  (rather than drilling though menus to find the track rating)

there is a "star" button top right. Press and hold reveals a drop down within which you can select the filtering range (any range from/to 1 star, 2, 3, 4 or 5 stars) that only reveals those rated songs. Can be used in combination with the other buttons, such as genre, artist etc.