(Vol.39 No.4, Vol.42 No.4 WWW)īaetis Audio Prodigy X3 server: $4800 (without options) In the end, he expressed admiration for this one-box server's ease of use and its ability to connect to a DAC via USB, but noted his ultimate preference for other solutions. In a Follow-Up, JVS described in detail his efforts to get the most from the N10. (Native DSD playback was okay.) "This server is a keeper," he summed up. Superb sound quality, decided JA, but DSD files were reproduced with a drop in volume when transcoded to PCM to play via a serial digital port.
Internal storage comprises two 2TB Western Digital Green hard drives, along with a 240GB solid-state drive that's used to cache files before playback. But good quality cleaning discs can prove effective too, so give it a shot.Editor's Note: SACD and DVD-A player ratings are based on how they sound with their respective hi-rez media, not CD.ĭesigned in California and manufactured in South Korea, Aurender's N10 is a computer running a modified version of the open-source Linux operating system, and is dedicated to retrieving audio files from an external NAS drive, or a drive plugged into one of its USB ports, or its internal storage, and sending the data to its Class 2 USB output port or to one of its serial digital audio ports. They do risk just pushing the dust around or scratching the lens. These are discs that have small brushes on them which will clean the lens when rotated. There is debate over how effective cleaning discs are.
Open the drive, turn your computer off, and use the bulb or compressed can to carefully blow air in the drive. The former is the better choice if available since the latter uses excessive force and could spray liquid into your drive. You can buy an air bulb or compressed air inexpensively. This is tricky, though, and might void the warranty, so here are some other solutions that don't involve taking the drive apart.Īs we are on the subject of cleaning your gadgets, you might also be interested in how to clean the dust from your PS4. If you want to clean the drive you could take it apart and use lint-free buds and an alcohol-based solution to dab the lens clean. If enough dust gets into the drive, specifically around that laser, it can block or refract light and cause errors. The type of error you'll experience with a dusty drive can vary, but often a disc will either take a long time to read or it will experience random slowdowns.Ī drive's laser reads the disc.
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