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Auralic Altair - SwissBear - 14-Apr-2016
A new option in the field of network streaming, with seemingly a very low jitter clock included in the box, and streaming capabilities for Qobuz and Tidal, and a DAC for the same price. Not to mention Roonready
. With a very attractive price tag it seems.
http://www.auralic.com/en/
http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/auralic/1.html
http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2016/04/auralic-marry-vega-and-aries-for-new-altair-streaming-dac/
Definitely worth listening at next month's show in Munich
RE: Auralic Altair - Confused - 14-Apr-2016
It would appear that this is likely to be somewhere between the Aries and the Vega with respect to sound quality. Has anyone ever tried a Vega with a Devialet?
Of course the big problem with any Auralic product above the Aries in the range, is that if you are using it with a Devialet, you are paying for DAC / Pre-amp hardware that you do not need.
RE: Auralic Altair - GuillaumeB - 14-Apr-2016
(14-Apr-2016, 12:54)Confused Wrote: It would appear that this is likely to be somewhere between the Aries and the Vega with respect to sound quality. Has anyone ever tried a Vega with a Devialet?
Of course the big problem with any Auralic product above the Aries in the range, is that if you are using it with a Devialet, you are paying for DAC / Pre-amp hardware that you do not need.
Yes and let's face it the Aries wasn't exactly brilliant on SQ, although I concede things may have changed with firmware updates etc.
The DAC thing always causes a bit of cognitive disarray, having said that if the end result is good... then why not?
Guillaume
RE: Auralic Altair - Confused - 14-Apr-2016
(14-Apr-2016, 13:03)GuillaumeB Wrote:(14-Apr-2016, 12:54)Confused Wrote: It would appear that this is likely to be somewhere between the Aries and the Vega with respect to sound quality. Has anyone ever tried a Vega with a Devialet?
Of course the big problem with any Auralic product above the Aries in the range, is that if you are using it with a Devialet, you are paying for DAC / Pre-amp hardware that you do not need.
Yes and let's face it the Aries wasn't exactly brilliant on SQ, although I concede things may have changed with firmware updates etc.
The DAC thing always causes a bit of cognitive disarray, having said that if the end result is good... then why not?
Guillaume
It would appear that the Vega & Altair do not have a digital output? So actually this is quite a big issue. (unless I've misread the specs)
RE: Auralic Altair - SwissBear - 14-Apr-2016
(14-Apr-2016, 13:11)Confused Wrote: It would appear that the Vega & Altair do not have a digital output? So actually this is quite a big issue. (unless I've misread the specs)
Unfortunately, you look to be right. Quite a big issue as you say.
RE: Auralic Altair - Juerg123 - 17-Jun-2016
(14-Apr-2016, 20:12)SwissBear Wrote:(14-Apr-2016, 13:11)Confused Wrote: It would appear that the Vega & Altair do not have a digital output? So actually this is quite a big issue. (unless I've misread the specs)
Unfortunately, you look to be right. Quite a big issue as you say.
I sent a mail to the support about a digital output. In fact there is one. A USB port (DAC) which can be used as a digital output. So with that you can connect the Auralic Altair digitally to the Devialet. A little bit pointless for a streaming DAC.
On the other side it costs about the same as the Aries and is looks much better.