Aurender, based in Korea, was the first company to turn heads and open ears with a handsome audiophile-grade music server optimized with its own custom software. Now available with an attractive, versatile, and easy-to-master Aurender Conductor control app for iPad, iPhone, and Android phones and tablets, Aurender’s high performance models include the N30SA High Definition Caching Music Server / Streamer with internal 8TB Solid-State Drive (SSD) and slot for an additional drive, N20 High Definition Caching Music Server / Streamer with two slots for user-added HDD or SSD drives, and ACS 10 Caching Music Server / Streamer / Player.

Berkeley Audio Designs intentionally limits its line to three highly regarded products. Co-founded by Michael “Pflash” Pflaumer and Michael Ritter, who were core members of the fabled Pacific Microsonics digital design team, Berkeley Audio Designs continue to advance the goal of delivering a level of fidelity “closer to the microphone feed.” The company’s Alpha DAC Reference Series 3, new Alpha DAC Series 3, and Alpha USB USB Audio 2.0 to digital interface have set industry benchmarks for excellence and affordability.

Ideon Audio—to some the new company on the block—calls itself a Greek “boutique audio system manufacturer of extreme performance digital sound equipment.” In its quest to reveal ‘all of the music hidden within digital data,’ Ideon designs everything in-house rather than relying on off-the-shelf modules. The technology in Ideon Audio devices is designed to wage “war against electrical and phase inconsistencies,” and to maintain voltage and current stability under challenging circumstances. Persistent signal re-clocking is one of many factors that makes Ideon Audio products unique. We carry the top-of-the-line flagship The Absolute DAC, Absolute Stream, and Absolute Time (for ultimate USB & SPIDF reclocking).