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adapter in mind. Work on the final implementation of this USB to IR communication is in progress as of the
writing of this review. I hope to test this feature when I receive an Alpha DAC RS in the next couple weeks.
The Aurender W20 ships in two configurations. The 6TB (2x3TB) model for $16,800 and an 8TB (2x4TB) model
for $17,200. The W20 features an SSD for caching music in the queue enabling the larger spinning drives to wind
down. These spinning drives are suspended on rubber and located inside a block of machined aluminum that
minimizes vibrations and noise, both electrical and acoustic. The drives are independent, as opposed to combined
into a single large drive. The user connecting to a W20 over the network sees both HDD1 and HDD2, each 3TB or
4TB depending on the model. This is one item I wish was user configurable. I prefer to have both drives
combined into a single large drive of 6TB or 8TB. This would make copying files easier and space management
nonexistent. Currently my W20 has two 3TB drives. I have an A-K folder on HDD1 and both L-Z and DSD folders
on HDD2. If my collection music in the A-K folder grows larger than a single disk can hold, I'll need to reconfigure
the folder structure. Fortunately, if I create an A-K folder on both HDD1 and HDD2 the Aurender will see these as
a single folder when using the folder filter button. This isn't ideal, but it's also not the end of the world or a show
stopper. The possible pitfalls of combining both drives into a single larger drive may have to do with adding either
hardware or software RAID to the W20 or the fact that losing a single disk would wipe out one's entire music
collection rather than half of the collection. Users should worry about losing their music in the event of a drive
failure because everyone has a backup, right? If the W20 can be setup for a single large drive I'd love the ability
to toggle this on or off from within the iPad application.
Aurender W20 Software - No Hocus-pocus Just Solid Software
The software running on the Aurender W20 is nearly identical to all other models. The only differences are
related to support for hardware such as word clock input and dual AES output. The Aurender servers feature
Remote Support capability. There are a couple methods of enabling this remote support, one from the actual
W20 and the other through the iPad application. Remote support must be enabled by the end user and is only
necessary if the user encounters a problem. Once enabled via the iPad app the Aurender team receives an email
containing very general system information such as software versions of the system software and the iPad
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