Popular Post AlexFBrinkman Posted April 22, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2020 On 4/21/2020 at 9:59 AM, Markhh2 said: The fact that you felt compelled to bypass the Altair's volume control makes me question its value. For $1,300 more you can get a Vega G1 with a legitimate analog volume control, a supposedly superior DAC and an analog input. It’s almost as if you hadn’t heard or reviewed the Vega. Hi Markhh2, Just a point of clarification, and apologies if we at AURALiC have been less than clear. The VEGA G1 does not have an analog volume control, it's similar to the ALTAIR G1 in that its volume control is digital. It also does not have an analog input. But, you're correct, on the DAC layout, it is superior to that of the ALTAIR G1. Overall, the differences between VEGA G1 and ALTAIR G1, from our development standpoint were: VEGA G1 was built as a high-performance DAC with online streaming services as a focus, and some minimal capabilities where local streaming of files is concerned. So if your primary need is not for local streaming but instead like to play QOBUZ, TIDAL, Spotify Connect, Amazon Music HD and Apple Music (the last two through Airplay), internet radio, all at high levels of performance using an excellent DAC, VEGA G1 is the ticket. ALTAIR G1, on the other hand, was built as a comprehensive introduction to the AURALiC ecosystem, offering every possible function available in any of our products. It will serve as an all-in-one digital source, from streamer, to server, to DAC, to volume control, with onboard storage (as an option), attached storage, local storage, etc.... It's our "welcome to the party, do-everything beast." Hope that helps, and thanks to Chris for such a great understanding of the vast number of functions available on ALTAIR G1, he really dove in head first! Thanks, -Alex Brinkman jventer, Markhh2 and The Computer Audiophile 2 1 Link to comment
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