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Should you rush out and buy a WideaLab Aurender S10? That’s a hard question to answer; lots of other decent servers are available at a wide variety of prices. The choice will depend on whether you think the S10’s sound quality is superior to that of cheaper servers, and how comfortable you are spending $6990 on it. I really like the S10 -- it’s not only the best server I’ve heard, it produces the best digital sound. It also surpasses all other servers I’ve seen in build quality, appearance, and -- another important area -- usability.

But what most impressed me about the Aurender S10 was that it made recorded music sound more real and more involving -- and more beautiful. If digital sound reproduction has left you cold, you ought to give the Aurender S10 a listen. After hearing it, a good friend who has remained a staunch analog holdout observed that perhaps it was at last time to consider a digital system. A Reviewers’ Choice award for the Aurender is a no-brainer, but I think it deserves to be a Recommended Reference Component. In my view, the Aurender S10 advances the state of the digital art.

. . . Vade Forrester
vadef@soundstagenetwork.com

http://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=449

Vade concluded: "What most impressed me about the Aurender S10 was that it made recorded music sound more real and more involving -- and more beautiful. If digital sound reproduction has left you cold, you ought to give the Aurender S10 a listen. After hearing it, a good friend who has remained a staunch analog holdout observed that perhaps it was at last time to consider a digital system. A Reviewers’ Choice award for the Aurender is a no-brainer, but I think it deserves to be a Recommended Reference Component. In my view, the Aurender S10 advances the state of the digital art."

These days, any company that produces and markets an expensive music server must take into account that the Aurender S10 and WideaLab’s other models are on the market and daily gaining steam. What’s most impressive about the S10 is that WideaLab has covered all the bases, from sound quality to build quality to functionality. The Aurender S10 has now earned another plaudit: the distinction of being the first music server to be named a SoundStage! Hi-Fi Recommended Reference Component.

http://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=450
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