kilroy

Coming in late on the Conductor 4 conversation. I have brought the topic of tags up before but it never went anywhere. Why doesn't Conductor have even this basic ability to read tags? I tag the hell out of my music with all kinds of info- cat. no., release date, label, DR range, provenance, etc. In Conductor, this is all lost. As a former user of JRiver when I came to Conductor a few years ago, this seemed a major flaw. Bringing it up in the past some users liked the idea, others said why complicate Conductor. That's not complication, it's a basic function of any music app. So, let's hear it, Aurender.

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So I waited overnight on my issue, and here it is 7:00am and still displays the same wait message. I shut the unit off, waited 10 minutes, rebooted and it came back with its normal display. So it appears it was hanging perhaps. Regarding adding tracks, I did add an album prior to the message, however after updating the DB in Conductor all the tracks showed up fine on the iPad. But for some reason it still went into its waiting mode.

My N100 is about 3 years old and hasn't had any issues. Once in a while I'll get the "Preparing Aurender, Please Wait" message on the front display. Seems to be happening more often, twice in the last week. I don't think I've done anything different in use. I usually keep it on standby and tap the front button to wake up the unit, but this is when I'm getting that message now. I know to leave the unit alone for a few hours or overnight and it seems to take care of itself. But tonight I sat down to listen, and again. Any suggestions?

When I was loading my first server I remember thinking, well what do I listen to or like the most, and that's what's going in from my decent sized library. Maybe a thousand albums later, having not yet reached these goals, I thought to hell with it, I'm just putting everything into it, that way I will only have to load new stuff. (I also have multiple backups.) Works Fine. What I don't want to listen to for a while I just ignore. Or, create playlists, then when tired of those, create new ones. To me that beats having to add and delete files. The app also lets you create custom folders and you could just move files in and out of the folder. But that seems like work too, lol.

You'd be best directing this to Ari the Aurender technician. But if you research the history here of app requests, you'll find that these things seldom happen. And what would you be deleting, the actual file? But why. Anyway it likely won't be happening, something to get used to.

If you don't see it in DM then the computer doesn't either. I presume you know this but not sure of your understanding, no offense meant. So I can't say specifically but I've built my own servers and also had audio card problems, and it was always either insufficient power for the card/clocks, or drivers. Unless the card is outright defective. But Windows always needs drivers I thought. You might try installing a trial generic USB driver and see if the card shows up. Other than that, don't know. I do know that one sure fire way to get Marcin's attention is to start slamming his products publicly, never fails.

Typo. Actually, the ISO Regen is upstream of the SOtM, at the DAC input.

Great sound. The app, in my opinion coming from JR on a server a year ago, not so much. But it's perfectly usable. There's a huge Aurender thread under Music Servers, check it out.

Hey Chris, thanks. USB connection, with decent cables. The total connection is Aurender > Audio Sensibility Signature Silver > ISO Regen > SOtM txUSBultra > Shunyata Alpha > DAC. Regen and SOtM powered by UltraCap LPS-1 power supplies. Pass amp, ARC pre. Everything balanced.

Has anyone figured out if there's an easy way to feed the Aurender into another server so I can go back to using JRiver. I have a strong dislike for Conductor. Chris' solution here is too complex. And I hate network stuff anyway, it's like having to learn another discipline just to listen to music. I don't stream at all, just files loaded on the Aurender.

Auralic Vega, the original. I like it for it's fairly neutral signature.

I've used both. IMHO foobar is so-so, but still not bad. JRiver always beat it on my system. (I've actually gone to an Aurender now and miss the ability to fine tune and play with the software. Consider that, should you ever think about a device with its own music app.)

I have a N100C, which is yeah, at the bottom of the pile. How far do I have to go up the line to get a noticeable improvement in sound quality? I don't need a DAC model. I see the new N200, and at a pretty big jump pricewise over the 100, but haven't heard anything about it. And what kind of differences will I hear at that next level? My system is pretty resolving. Also I didn't feel like looking through 165 pages to see if this question has already been asked lol. Thanks.

I've been looking at this amp for a while, but was concerned when a reviewer or listener (can't remember) said yes the bass is tight and tuneful, but is also somewhat excessively prominent or emphasized. Any comment?