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Hi, GJo— I should have been more specific. “Genres” in the Roon world is what Roon thinks they should be. You cannot create and sort by genres that make sense for your personal library in Roon unlike, say, Conductor or Audirvana which honors whatever genres you have tagged for your personally-owned music.

I’m guessing every defender of Roon, which you’ll intuit I greatly dislike, must have no problem curating their libraries of music with no facility for genres. To me, this is the definition of a deal breaker.

Maybe I’m an outlier, but Aurender’s approach to curating music you own and integrating the leading streaming services into an attractive interface is so much more enjoyable than the mess—and I mean mess—that is Roon. Roon, I believe, is geared to a listener who wants to learn as much as possible about the musicians and history of a performer than just listen to music, which is all I really want to do. The extra visual baggage that Roon requires to accomplish those features is a huge distraction to me. And finally, sorting and browsing and searching your own music is the most frustrating exercise in Roon. That it still does not support Genres is, in my opinion, its most onerous flaw. Keep it simple, Aurender, please. Just my two cents!

Thanks, Shane F!

I was able to update my N100C on the first attempt. In reading the release notes, it was noted “Consume mode” would be removed (even though I sort of like that feature). However, after the update, it remains. Anyone else notice this?

CP010--I don't know if the N100C has a double isolated LAN port. Aurender's official specifications do not call that out, so I suspect the answer is no.

A followup to my first post to further substantiate the comments of the positive sonic impacts of the LAN iSilencer. I invited two friends to my listening room last night who are professional musicians and very good listeners. I did not tell them I had made any changes to my system and said nothing about the LAN iSilencer. Unsolicited, they both asked if I had made any recent changes because they felt the system was sounding better than it ever had. They described the same improvements I mentioned in my previous post. For me, this is about as independent a confirmation I could get that indeed, this thing really works as claimed. I am very pleased with this addition!

This discussion piqued my interest, too, so I purchased an iFi LAN iSilencer this week. Rarely do the claims of immediately noticing something very different hold true, but I have to admit its introduction into my system (directly into my Aurender N100C Ethernet port) did make an immediate difference. My setup is a likely a bit different than most, though, in that my Ethernet connection actually *does* carry a signal to my DAC because I am using a Merging Technologies NADAC, using Aurender's RAVENNA support within Conductor. Nonetheless, here is what I heard: - Instant change in the character of the midbass. For example, Mark Knopfler's vocal on "Iron Hand" from the album On Every Street was much easier to follow, as if someone had slightly raised the 250Hz area on an equalizer. - A slightly brighter and more open presentation in the 3000Hz to 4000Hz range, making, in the track above, Knopfler's voice have just a smidge more presence. - Probably due to the improved presence, the soundstage seemed a tad wider, though that was probably from noticing the cleaner edge on widely spaced instruments in this mix. Overall, my first impressions are positive. But here's the thing--whether in a USB-based DAC or an Ethernet-based DAC, what's really happening here? Are all these changes due to a lower noise floor (as claimed by the manufacturer), or is the LAN iSilencer somehow acting as some sort of equalizer (which it sure sounds like to me)? Regardless, seems like a small investment to make to hear these interesting differences.

Before I make my comment which I don't want misinterpreted, especially by Aurender, I will raise my hand as yet another owner experiencing the same exact issue. It waxes and wanes, but never completely disappears. I have learned to live with it as all the suggested steps to correct the issue have failed. With acceptance comes more enjoyment--it is frustrating, but the N100 sounds so great and is so convenient, I will always tolerate it.

Hello, jmhbpc-- Your experience must be quite frustrating and hopefully the gang here can help, but I feel confident there must be something amiss in your network or configurations or your specific macOS/computer setup that is contributing to most of these issues. For example, one of the nicest convenient and efficient ways to connect to the Aurender is to make an alias of its hard drive bis to mount it, then drag it to the Dock (on the right side of the vertical line near the Trash can) which will create an alias to it. You can unmount the drive then, but once the alias is in your Dock, anytime you want to connect to your Aurender you just click on it in the Dock and its hard drive will instantly appear on your desktop. More tips will certainly come flowing in from other experienced users.

How frustrating! Sorry to hear it. In fact, your experience is the opposite of mine over the years. Though slow, for me Chronosync has been rock solid and reliable. All software up-to-date, both Chronosync and macOS?

Precisely! You set up automated “tasks” in Chronosync with a chosen schedule, and as long as the volumes are available, Chronosync scans the source and destination disks and quickly adds only changes since the last synchronization. Plus, the company is an outlier—no subscription required. Pay for it once and free updates for life. (PS—I have no association with the company; I’m just a very happy customer.)

Hello, Aurender Forum members, and Happy Holidays! First, I wanted to say I have learned so much from so many of you here and want to express my gratitude. Thank you. Next, I suspect I am part of a tiny subset of Aurender users who uses the RAVENNA protocol over Ethernet with Merging Technologies' NADAC as my DAC. I would very much like to connect with anyone else on this Forum who does the same. Even if we only exchange private messages I think it would be beneficial to learn best practices from one another or share how any challenges were overcome. I hope to hear from some of you! kipdent Aurender N100C with 8TB Samsung SSD Merging Technologies NADAC

What computer platform do you use? If Mac, I can highly recommend the method I use: Mount the Aurender's internal drive and use the fabulous Chronosync application to create a backup task from it to a hard drive attached to your Mac. It will create a bit perfect backup of the Aurender which then you can store somewhere safely. I'm sure Windows has an application that functions similarly. The Aurender online support files give great directions on how to mount your Aurender's drive to either type of computer.

Absolutely correct, @stefano_mbp. Sorry I did not make that clear.