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rear albums covers when included with the file. Overall 99% of the Aurender iPad app is aesthetically pleasing
and serves to increase functionality for the end user.
Aurender W20 In Use - No Hocus-pocus Just Listening
The Aurender W20 is built for music playback only. It has no CD ripping capability and no user interface for music
management. In my experience this is just fine. I already have a computer, or two or three, with which I have CD
ripping software (XLD on Mac OS X and dBpoweramp on Windows) and music management software (JRiver
Media Center). It's likely that all users reading Computer Audiophile or considering an Aurender W20 already have
a computer for ripping and music management as well. Once a user's music is moved to the W20 there is no
need for another computer. There are several different work flow options for populating an Aurender full of music
and updating the unit after each new music purchase. It's possible to connected a USB hard drive directly to the
W20 and have the unit automatically copy the files to the internal hard drives. Techies often call this method
sneaker net as it involves walking the files from one location to another. There's nothing wrong with this method,
it's just not the most efficient. It's also possible to rip CDs directly to the W20 and to download new music from
sites like HDtracks directly to the W20 over the server's Ethernet connection. This method is the most efficient.
Editing metadata can be done by pointing an application such as JRiver Media Center to the W20's hard drives.
All the music on the W20 then appears within JRiver Media Center and all metadata changes are save directly to
the W20. The method I use for populating the W20 is to work with all my music locally on my laptop before
copying it to the unit. My situation is a little different from most users as I have copies of music on several
different servers and NAS units. Needless to say the Aurender W20 is very flexible and enables the listener to use
whatever method is most desirable.
Aurender music servers don't have any built-in disk redundancy. This means when a hard drive fails and is
subsequently replaced, the music must be copied back to the unit. I haven't had a single hard drive issue using
four different Aurender servers since 2011. While using Aurender servers over the years I established a very
simple method of backing up the servers and keeping the backup copies current. This method requires no user
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