N30SA

About the N30SA

The Aurender N30SA is a state-of-the-art dual‑chassis digital output network transport and music server designed for top‑tier HiFi systems. Its two separate machined‑aluminum chassis provide physical and electrical isolation between the power/CPU section and the audio output section, significantly reducing noise and lowering the noise floor to improve musical coherence, dynamics, timbre, and bass authority. It includes 1× 8TB internal SSD for library storage plus a user‑installable 2.5" drive slot for storage expansion. System and playback caching are handled by a 480GB NVMe SSD, driven by an Intel low‑power quad‑core CPU and 8GB RAM. The front panel features a full‑color 8.8" 1920×480 wide IPS LCD display. Network connectivity is via a double‑isolated Gigabit Ethernet LAN port and dual rear USB 3.0 ports for data. Digital audio outputs are all on the audio chassis and include USB Audio Class 2.0, AES/EBU, coaxial RCA, coaxial BNC, and Optical/TosLink SPDIF, all referenced to an internal OCXO clock. The USB output supports up to 32‑bit/768kHz PCM and DSD512 (native), with DSD256 via DoP. The SPDIF and AES/EBU outputs support PCM up to 24‑bit/192kHz and DSD up to DSD64 via DoP, with precision DSD‑to‑PCM conversion for the SPDIF outputs. Supported file formats include DSD (DSF, DFF), WAV, FLAC, AIFF, ALAC, M4A, and APE. For clocking, the N30SA provides a master/word clock input via 75Ω BNC, accepting 10MHz, 12.8MHz, and integer multiples of 44.1/48kHz from 1–512×, enabling integration with external reference clocks. It uses a full linear power supply with separate rails for CPU and audio boards and incorporates a super‑capacitor‑based UPS to protect the system and storage during power interruptions. Control is via the Aurender Conductor app for iPad, iOS, and Android devices. The N30SA has no analog outputs, no CD ripping mechanism, and no digital inputs for external sources, functioning strictly as a dedicated digital output transport and server. An MQA Core‑Decoder upgrade is available as an optional software license. Typical power consumption is 40W during playback, 70W peak, and 3.5W in standby.