10-Feb-2016, 10:09
(This post was last modified: 10-Feb-2016, 10:11 by Hifi_swlon.)
Quote: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...
So, designer of a competing (and as yet unreleased) streamer labels the Aurender a weak link….. while getting in a plug for their own device. Hard for me to remove the bias from that comment….
If you'd said the Aurenders were expensive, I would have been pretty much in agreement. But in terms of SQ, certainly at the W20/N10 level I've only ever read glowing reviews. By all accounts the USB connection on the '100' series is meant to be based on the same tech as the N10, although the CA reviews definitely put the N10 ahead - it being the only one on the CASH list.
So I suppose if anything I would have expected an N10 to be used if they were going Aurender and USB, but it seems like N10 or W20 would have been no good either….. In fact, it sounds as though all current streamers are weak links, so what should they have paired it with, that a customer can buy now to use with it?
>>> 1st Place Award: Devialet, last decades most disappointing technology purchase. <<<