(08-Feb-2016, 16:34)Cylob Wrote:(07-Feb-2016, 23:34)Gentleman Wrote: I can asure you that a power conditioner is NOT the problem in general. But the Aurender for sure is a weak link.
Why is the Aurender the weak link here?
Read only good stuff about it so far.
As some guys of this forum know I am working on a SOTA digital source based on computer components for more than two years now. To find out how good our source has become we compared many available digital sources with our prototypes. During our comparisons we auditioned the Aurender W20 too. To our surprise the Aurender W20 was not even close to our early prototype....
Since that time we have tested several other available streamers and we have always been massively disapointed...
If you investigate the components which are important for the SQ of digital audio you will soon find out how cheap most streamers are made. There are some SOTA parts found once in a while but no design we saw was really promising. And the small Aurender used during the show is no exception...
Compared to the other items used in the setup during the fair (D900, cables and the WA Sasha II) the Aurender was by far the weakest link of the chain. And we did not even start to discuss the quality of the used files and the used format yet...
Moreover I did not see any reclocking device, too. And how about vibration control of the source?
I have been to several demos of the german importer (WA speakers with Devialet) and every time the SQ was below SOTA because of weak sources. This is something I do not understand as the importer has better sources available such as ReQuest Audios The Beast...
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