I love my McIntosh DS200 Streaming DAC. I’ve had it since November’25 so about 6 months. It has all the bells and whistles and sounds terrific. BUT, no built in app. I run Qobuz directly from the Qobuz app via Qobuz Connect.
Auralic Altair G1
Most if not all are aware that Auralic is out. Now the lightning app is gone. So we have no updates and if somehow lose the app, have to use other 3rd party apps which I’ve heard not access everything in the auralic menu that the lightning app did. So even tho this is a great streamer/ dac it seems to be dying a slow death. What are your thoughts? Time to upgrade or just get a 3rd party app? Aurender was a thought, or ps audio because I could get full value for a trade.
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@easystreamer : using Qobuz and local hdd in my Aires g1. Everything is working perfectly right now unless apple does an update that kills the lightning app |
Check out the Lumin line of streamers and streamer/DACs. Not cheap by any means but Lumin seems like a solid company that supports their projects well. Lumin designs and products are a similar flavor as Auralic in design and pricing IMO. For a really cheap streamer only (USD 399), there is the iFi Zen Stream 3. I have the older version and use it for Apple AirPlay. The iFi products are not Spotify Lossless compatible if that matters. They may never be since they are not an official Spotify partner but they claim to be working on it. They do have Tidal, Qobuz connect, and a local file server. It is a nice little unit. |
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