Auralic ALTAIR Streaming DAC




Auralic ALTAIR Streaming DAC
The Auralic Altair is a combination digital to analogue converter, network streamer and preamplifier offering exceptional sound quality and a flexible feature set. It provides a choice of volume controlled or line level analogue outputs using balanced XLR or standard RCA connectors. It can optionally be ordered with a variety of built-in HDD and SSD storage options.
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Product Details
The AURALiC Altair is a perfect single-box music source for your modern HiFi system. It combines a high-end DAC with a world class wired and wireless streaming solution. The 15 input sources include streaming from network shared folder, USB drive, internal music storage (optional), UPnP/DLNA media server, TIDAL and Qobuz streaming services, Internet radio, AirPlay, Bluetooth, Songcast and Roon. Also included are AES/EBU, coaxial, Toslink, USB device to computer and two USB host ports for attaching storage or an external DAC.
Altair is based on AURALiC’s award-winning VEGA digital audio processor and Lightning streaming platform. Launched in 2014, Lightning is the first streaming solution to support quad-rate DSD and PCM up to 32 bit/384kHz over a WiFi network. Lightning streaming offers several innovative and unique features such as gapless playback, on-device playlist, memory cache and bit-perfect multi-room functions. The platform is maintained and continually developed by AURALiC’s in-house software R&D team, to ensure customers are regularly updated with new features through the product’s automatic software update system.
Reviews
- Computer Audiophile
- Jon Myles for Hi-Fi World
- Jason Kennedy for The Ear
- Yongki Go for Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity
- Jon Iverson for Stereophile
- Chris Martens for Hi-Fi+
- Srajan Ebaen for Six Moons
- Gary Alan Barker for Headphone.Guru
Specification
Frequency Response
- 20 - 20KHz, +/- 0.1dB*
THD+N
- <0.0003%, 20Hz-20KHz at 0dBFS
Dynamic Range
- 124dB, 20Hz-20KHz, A-weighted
Streaming Inputs
- Network shared folder
- USB Drive
- Internal Music Storage (optional)
- uPnP/DLNA Media Server
- TIDAL and Qobuz streaming
- Internet Radio
- AirPlay
- Bluetooth
- Songcast
Digital Inputs
- 1 x AES/EBU
- 1 x Coaxial
- 1 x Toslink
- 1 x USB device to computer
- 2 x USB host to storage and DAC
- 1 x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet
- 1 x 802.11b/g/n/ac Tri-Band WiFi
Analog Outputs
- 1 x Balanced XLR (output impedance 10ohm)
- 1 x Single-ended RCA (output impedance 50ohm)
- 1 x 6.35mm headphone Jack (output impedance 5ohm)
Supported File Formats
- AAC, AIFF, ALAC, APE, DIFF, DSF, FLAC, MP3, OGG, WAV, WV and WMA
Supported Digital Formats
- All PCM from 44.1KS/s to 384KS/s in 32Bit
- DSD64, DSD128, DSD256
Output Voltage
- 4Vrms at 0dBFS (XLR)
- 2Vrms at 0dBFS (RCA)
Control Software
- AURALiC Lightning DS for iOS
- AURALiC RC-1 remote control
- OpenHome compatible control software
- UPnP compatible control software
- Roon
Power Consumption
- Sleep: <10W
- Playback: 35W at max.
Dimensions
- 13''W x 9''D x 2.6''H (33cm x 23cm x 6.5cm)
Weight
- 7.0 pounds (3.2kg)
Finish
- Matte Black / Matte Silver