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Originally Posted by ctsooner
I too ordered one and am looking at upgrading server from my rebuilt Mac Mini. the more I think about things, I don't know if I need a high end server/streamer or if I should just get a NAS or a good hard drive. I'm trying to figure out the best SQ...I can't afford the Aurender W-20, but it's a great sounding server/streamer as is the Music Vault Diamond Ultra, but would the QX-5/Twenty sound just as good hooked up to a NAS or HD? If I had the QNAP 471 NAS, I could load up Roon Core and use it headless with an iPad just like any other server.
Blackstone, did you speak with Alex about this? I spoke with him about the Melco and he said that he likes that, but there are other options out there. I would hate to have to much redundancy and maybe I can save a lot of money and just get a top NAS set up or the Melco (although you can't use Roon with a Melco).
thoughts?
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I'm going to try the QX-5 Twenty/NAS/ROON first and see how that sounds and works, then I will demo the Aurender in my system to see/hear the difference. In addition to flawless operation of accessing your music, I'm told the Aurender does improve the sound quality too. I was looking at the N10(?)... Just below the W20.