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that is! until that upgrade ear worm starts nagging at you! So enjoy the N100H, and be smug in the thought that you have probably got yourself an audio bargain with nigh-on the same performance of the more expensive kit. When you get into the heady heights of true high end audio, itВ is more likely your head is getting used to the newer sound (speakers excepted) Personally,В I donвЂ™t think the aural memory is as reliable as we audiophiles make out and we do exaggerate what we вЂњhearвЂќ to justify a decision we have made.ДЇor me, the statement that kit improves вЂњafter aВ period of burn inвЂќ that isВ so often cited in reviews is something we physiologically do to cover buyerвЂ™sВ remorse (did I really need to upgrade?), buyerвЂ™sВ pride (I am really glad I upgraded) or buyerвЂ™s disappointment (perhaps it will improve after вЂburn inвЂ™). IfВ I hadnвЂ™t got the W20 for the price of an N10, then for me, there is no way it is worth the difference in price. Most of those differences might even be psychological because you вЂexpectвЂ™ the more expensive kit to sound better and so, as you say, you exaggerate the differences to yourself.В Certainly I would have been more than satisfied with an N10 if I hadnвЂ™t A/BвЂ™ed with the W20. That is not to say one is better than the other necessarily but that they do sound different andВ youвЂ™d probably prefer oneвЂ™s sound signature over the others. When A/BвЂ™ing the two at the dealer, yes you could hear differences but they were subtle and to be honest unless you wereВ A/BвЂ™ing youвЂ™d struggle to find them. I agree with you, I have the fortune to have a W20 which I got ex-demo for the price of an N10. No matter as I am so totally enjoying the Music!

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I can't be sure as in my excitement to bring home the N10, I forgot to take a pic of the back of my N100H with the serial no. I do wonder whether I got back a completely new unit. The iPad Conductor app now allows me to turn off or restart the unit from within the app, as per new instructionsВ in the manual.

The instruction for this maneuvre is no more available in the new manual.Дў. I can no longer hard boot to factory firmware version using the back panel switch and front panel Power button. Just to add, the returned unit came with a new manual.ДЎ. I'll stick dearly to my N100H for a little longer!Д«iosailor, I knew myВ story would be music to your ears! I sometimes wonder if audiophiles catapult themselves into etheral spheres where marginal improvements are exaggerated. Although with a modification that is hard to evaluate. I was really tempted to upgrade to the N10, but finally someone steps in for the N100H. This is so good! Following the Aurender thread, it looks as if Aurender owners try to reach the heaven: there was quite a bit of chat about the N10 being 'infinitely' superior to the N100H, and it even went further, saying how much superior the W20 flagship over the N10 is. To all N100H owners, if you happen to have the 'misfortune' one day of a failure in the power supply, ship it back and wait to reap the fortunes of the repair upon its return. And the resultant improvement in SQВ is just amazing! I have no idea what Aurender did to the internalВ power supply but it sounds like they mostВ likelyВ upgraded it substantially to avoid any recurrence of the original problem. The returned N100H sounds almost as good as the N10!В Unbelievable but true! To cut the story short, the 'repaired' N100H gets me 95% of the way to the N10. Upon first listen, to my great surprise, I feel theВ pangs of withdrawal from the N10 ebbing away rapidly. But before a final decision, I should probably relistenВ to my N100H. I felt terribleВ that I had to return the N10 or pony up for the upgrade. Well, after several weeks of bliss with the N10, the dreaded call from myВ local dealerВ came yesterdayВ to collect my N100H which has just been shipped back from S Korea. I have described in previous posts how much better the N10 is, compared to the N100H. So out it went for repairs while I enjoyed the N10 as a substitute. When I brought home the N10 for audition, it was because the power supply of my N100H had suddenly failed with the unit unable toВ be turned on.

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