I love the N10. Have heard the W20 and it's a spec better, but on the highest of high end system IMHO. I was going to pull the trigger on the N10, but then heard The Memory Player by Sam Laufer's company and felt it bettered any server I had ever heard. I have has many of the top end servers in my system.
I know this is an Aurender thread and I'm not taking anything away from them as I feel they make one of the best in each price range. I have to say, that if you are looking in the 20k range, the Memory Player needs to be auditioned if you demand state of the art. There are always top machines out there, but they have worked very hard to constantly upgrade the software and have lowered all three types of jitter to minimal amounts. The even are installing an analog preamp in mine along with the digital, but I don't like digital preamps at all. JMHO.
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Vandy Quatro&s, Laufer DAC/server, AQ cords
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