New Aurender N100H arrived today

[jdandy]

It is exciting to anxiously wait for the FedEx truck to come up the drive and drop off a new audio toy. My new Aurender N100H 4TB music server in black arrived today, shipped over night by the dealer. Gotta love instant gratification.





It did not take long to get the N100H installed in the living room system, paired to the iPad and network, and it is now playing wonderful music through my Wyred 4 Sound DAC2. The Aurender N100H replaced my Olive 04HD which was sold. Perfect timing for the N100H to show up so quick. My Aurender N10 is in the studio system where I do the majority of my serious listening, so the N100H will serve the living room sound system where music is usually listened to in a casual or background manner.





I chose the 4TB model of the N100H so that the hard drive capacity would be equal to that of my Aurender N10. I have doubts I will ever use 4TB of storage for my music library, but if I should every need such capacity I will be able to maintain duplicate libraries on both the N10 and the N100H.

I like the size of the N100H. It allows me to install it on the same shelf as the Wyred 4 Sound DAC2. I am using Symposium Rollerblock Jr's to support the N100H. I like how the Rollerblock Jr's elevate the music server to mid-height with the DAC, although I may replace them with Stillpoints Ultra Mini's in black. The music server's power is backed up with an APC UPS-750. Both the W4S DAC2 and the Aurender N100H are powered with Wireworld Silver Electra power cords. The DAC and N100H are connected with a half meter Wireworld Platinum USB cable, and the interconnects from the DAC2 to the McIntosh C2300 preamplifier are balanced Wireworld Silver Eclipse.

The past few hours I have been transferring music files to the N100H from my external backup hard drive where I store my music library for safe keeping. I have stopped several times to go into the living room and listen to the music server. It is sounding excellent. As I log additional hours I will keep this thread abreast of what is happening.