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Aurender vs. Roon

I would greatly appreciiate any input on something I was told yesterday by a learned audiophile. A) that aurenders conductor app is inferior to roon. That is probably a given. However, I thought Roon will interact with the conductor app. so if that is the case then you can have the best of both worlds.  Also, Roon has better audio quality the Aurender? Aside from that, is the landscape moving toward Roon? Reason I ask is I have been looking at Aurender streamers to purchase and there seems to be more and more of them for sale on Audiogon and US Audio Mart etc. Is it possible Roon Ready devices are going to be the newest frontier so why bother with Aurender if they are not going to support it? Thanks in advance for any insight or suggestions.
mrdon
mrdon OP
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@audiotroy,
I have been looking into Aurender and oc course i then heard the name Innous being mentioned. How do you feel about the Lumin D2 or Lumin U1. I already have a DAC (Prism Sound Callia) & streaming Tidal (minus Roon for the time being) to  to PS 700 M's..

rbstehno
916 posts
 
I denied the Aurender against the Auralic Aries a few years ago and much preferred the Auralic which I purchased. The Aurender gimmicks just didn’t do it for me. Also, the DS Lightning app was far superior to the Aurender app. A year ago I decided I didn’t want any type of server in my dedicated audio room, didn’t want to use usb any longer, so I went with a dac with a network card using Ethernet and running Roon on a Mac mini, no need for the nucleus. Far superior than a music server connected to a dac using usb and Roon is far superior in functionality.
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david_ten
2,509 posts
 
It's a very difficult 'section of our systems' to get fair comparisons and importantly end results that can be qualified. There are too many factors and too many ways to go about this.
twoch
186 posts
 
  I'm not so sure about this
guy Troy   He chimes in too push some Zen Server he is selling that is the greatest thing . But the Roon is  just  one big old  P O S  big boat anchor  
 Big Troy  what some ppl. do now a daz  no class just to make some $$    

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nekoaudio
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@mrdon if I may offer a response to your question:
How do you feel about the Lumin D2 or Lumin U1. I already have a DAC (Prism Sound Callia)
Placing the U1 in front of your Callia would work great.

The D2 offers analog outputs, and will sound different enough from the Callia that it really becomes a question of your personal preference. If you preferred the D2 then you could sell or repurpose the Callia. If you preferred the Callia, you'd be spending a little bit extra for analog outputs you wouldn't be using and giving up the other digital outputs found on the U1 (or U1 Mini).

In addition, while the Callia accepts digital inputs from a variety of sources the LUMIN units can only operate as a streamer. For example you could not hook up a CD player or your TV's optical output to the D2 for it to act like a DAC.
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