Aurender ACS100 Music Server & Streamer with Built-In CD Ripper

For the serious digital music collector, managing a vast and growing library is as important as the playback itself. The Aurender ACS100 is the ultimate tool for this task, a complete, self-contained content hub designed to consolidate, organize, and perfect your entire digital music world in a compact, half-width chassis. It masterfully combines a high-quality CD ripper, a powerful library manager with extensive metadata editing capabilities, and a high-performance music server and streamer. Built with a double-isolated LAN port for ultra-low noise and Aurender's signature caching playback, the ACS100 is a true audiophile component, engineered to be the silent, powerful, and meticulously organized heart of your digital library.

Key Features

• Compact Library Management Hub: A Caching Music Server, Streamer, and One-Touch CD Ripper in a single, versatile half-width unit.
• One-Touch CD Ripping: A high-quality TEAC CD-ROM drive provides automated, one-touch ripping of your CD collection with metadata and cover art lookup.
• Powerful Metadata Editing: The dedicated ACS Manager app allows for easy editing of metadata, file management, and library organization right from your tablet.
• Dual User-Installable Storage Bays: Two trays for 2.5" HDD or SSD drives allow you to customize the storage capacity to fit the size of your library.
• SSD Caching Playback: A 240GB NVMe solid-state drive is used as a cache for playback, eliminating noise and latency from spinning hard drives.
• Double-Isolated LAN Port: An isolated network port provides a clean, noise-free signal path from your network to preserve the full integrity of the audio source.
• Super Capacitor UPS: A super capacitor-based uninterruptible power supply ensures the ACS100 can shut down safely in the event of a power outage.
• Dedicated Low-Noise USB Output: A dedicated USB Audio output delivers a pristine, noise-free signal to your DAC.
• Full Format & MQA Support: Plays all major formats including DSD (up to DSD512) and offers an optional MQA Core-Decoder upgrade.
• Vibrant 4.0" IPS Display: A clear, full-color front-panel display shows track information and ripping status.

Your Music Library, Perfected

The ACS100 is designed from the ground up to be the ultimate command center for your digital music collection. For your cherished CDs, a high-quality TEAC drive provides a simple, one-touch solution to create perfect, bit-perfect rips, automatically retrieving all metadata and cover art. But its power goes much further. Using the dedicated ACS Manager app, you have complete control to organize your library, edit tags, and even find and delete duplicate files. It’s a powerful tool that allows you to consolidate music from multiple sources into one perfectly curated, easy-to-navigate library.

A Foundation of Purity

While the ACS100 is a versatile utility, it is also a true audiophile component, built to deliver a sonically superior signal. This begins with the double-isolated LAN port, which prevents noise from your router from ever entering the sensitive audio circuits. This is protected by a unique super capacitor-based UPS, which provides enough power for the unit to shut down safely in the event of a power failure. When you're ready to listen, Aurender's revolutionary caching playback system copies music to a silent SSD, ensuring the noisy storage drives are completely dormant during your listening session.

Flexible by Design

The ACS100 is engineered to fit perfectly into any high-end digital audio system. It can serve as the central server for another Aurender player on your network, handling all the library management and CD ripping duties in a separate location. Alternatively, its own dedicated, isolated USB Audio output allows it to function as a superb standalone music server and streamer connected directly to your DAC. With two user-accessible storage bays, you have the complete freedom to choose your own drives, allowing you to install the perfect amount of storage to house your music collection.

Intuitive Control in a Compact Form

The power and complexity of the ACS100 are managed through a simple and intuitive interface. The acclaimed Aurender Conductor app is your gateway to browsing and playing music from your library and your favorite streaming services. For deep library management, the dedicated ACS Manager app provides a rich, powerful toolset for editing metadata and curating your collection. All of this power is housed in an elegant, half-width machined aluminum chassis that is both beautiful and space-efficient, making it the perfect addition to any system.

The Listening Room Difference

When you shop with The Listening Room, you get more than just gear. As a third-generation, family-run business with a passion for music and decades of experience, we offer personalized service that goes far beyond the sale. Call, text, or email, and you’ll get a real human who knows this equipment inside and out. From in-store demos to curated home system design and wide-radius delivery, we’re here to help you get the absolute best out of your purchase.

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