Auralic out of business?

@kofibaffour I have done a shoot out between a Wiim Ultra and an Aries 2.1 with Hoer-Wege psu upgrade. They are not even remotely in the same universe sound wise. Wiim is a decent entry level streamer and that's as much praise as it deserves. I have compared my upgraded Aries to top end Aurender units and it slightly bested the Aurender. It also sounded much better than Grimm which I will be putting up for sale shortly. The problem with Grimm is Roon, while having the best software in the business it sounds mediocre. 

I landed in the middle with a Cambridge EXN100,  excellent sounding unit, it sent my Wiim Ultra to the second system. 

Seemed like they had a good thing going with their streamers, dacs, amps, preamps.... I've had them all. Still do.  Excellent quality streamers, but compared to the competition it seemed to me only a matter of time.  Their Streamers were priced VERY high, and the competition is just too good to be offering a black box with 2000's html interface.  I bought my G1 and G2 for sound quality and they are still in used today, and I'll hold onto them as long as they last.  

Just FYI, I am able to use the Linn music app to play FLAC music on Auralic Vega S1, against an Asset UPnP running on my mini PC.

I also own a Rose HiFi 150B, which serves as a media center in the living room. But from a pure music perspective, Auralia sounds much better than Rose HiFi on my systems with Accuphase amps + Sonus Faber / Harbeth speakers.

Hope the Auralia software can be turned into open source.

Yes, Auralic went out of business. 

Expensive streamers and expensive cables: two product categories I’ve never been impressed by when auditioning. Im not saying they all sound the exact same but it’s usually a lot of money for a small difference. You’re better off spending your money on speakers, room treatment, subwoofers, amplifiers, or even DACs.