scottman

I just moved my n100sc without incident. However, it will not complete the boot cycle now. It connects to the Wi-Fi network, but won’t settle into full operational mode. The set up is so easy that it seems unlikely, but is it possible I’m missing something in the set up? I don’t want to jump to the conclusion I have a hardware/firmware problem before considering other possibilities.

Thanks folks for this discussion. As a couple of you said, it’s a hobby; and, you’ve given me a good deal to think about and play with.

Thank you, Vincent1234. Just as with every other component I’ve had in my system over the years, everything matters. Cheers.

Hello and thank you in advance for your observations and advice. I just received today my N100SC, and a couple of questions occur to me as I’m setting it up. First, with the solid-state storage drive buffer, will I hear effects of various upstream components, eg, router, Ethernet switch and cabling. Making the transition as I am from a computer-based server/streamer, my experience suggests that the entire network affects the system sonics. Intuitively, though, I might predict these elements will have no effect on the Aurender’s performance, since it is reading from the internal drive during playback. But, audio system performance often is counterintuitive. My second question also relates to what I might expect from a component that writes music files to an internal drive before playback. I currently have an NAS set up in my listening room and plan to access it using the Aurender. Would there be an advantage to installing a drive in the N100CS? Finally, if I understand the way the Aurender operates, I should be able to play back from the internal hard drive while completely disconnected from the network. Is that correct? Thanks again!

I just spoke with the supplier of the ML320 case. They told me they have no more and will not be manufacturing or sourcing anymore, as the Haswell NUC for which they were designed are no longer in production, replaced they say by the Broadwell chip models. Any recommendations of alternative sources of the cabinet?

I recently built a mini-itx nettop based on a jetway mb with a via 1.5ghz c7 processor and the board's maximum 1gb of memory. I'm using xp with sp3 as my os. I intend(ed) to use the computer with the hiface (driver version 1.5) as my digital music source. But, the hiface/c7 combo suffers problems similar to those Rod reports with his mac mini/hiface combo. With the hiface selected as the default output device, it passes 44.1khz and 96khz frequency information correctly to my DAC using kernel streaming in foobar or media monkey. But, the music delivered by both players is submerged beneath a very loud hiss; the symptoms are identical for both 44.1 and 96khz files. Using my trends audio usb/spdif converter as the transport, the jetway computer plays 44.1 files beautifully and, my dell latitude laptop and the hiface play both 44.1 and 96 files beautifully. Like Rod, I use the computer exclusively as a music server and no other programs are running on the machine; I have not even installed a wifi card or web browser yet. I've received response to only one of four queries I've sent to m2tech, in which Marco indicated that I was the first to report problems with a via- based board. I ran across one other posting (I don't recall which forum) in which a similar problem was encountered using a 1ghz c7 board; that user concluded his processor was too slow to drive the hiface properly and replaced his board. I've been troubleshooting this problem for about a week and am just about ready to return the hiface and buy the new halide design bridge - a lot more money, but no proprietary drivers and (according to Chris) better sound.