{"id":130185,"date":"2021-05-04T20:03:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T19:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=130185"},"modified":"2021-05-04T20:03:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T19:03:44","slug":"auralic-altair-g2-1-digital-streamer-and-preamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/auralic-altair-g2-1-digital-streamer-and-preamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Auralic ALTAIR G2.1: Digital streamer and preamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Auralic<\/b>\u00a0released a new product in a series of G2.1 &#8211; full streamer preamp function\u00a0<b>ALTAIR G2.1<\/b>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Auralic ALTAIR G2.1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1668269b944aff74b9e1fea82ed0dbf8.jpg\" alt=\"Auralic ALTAIR G2.1\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A distinctive feature of the model is the use of an analog volume control based on a resistive matrix.\u00a0The output is equipped with\u00a0<b>Orfeo<\/b>\u00a0class\u00a0A modules\u00a0. The model also has two pure analog inputs, allowing the signal to be stored in analog form right down to the output jacks.\u00a0In this case, one of them is designed to connect a turntable with an MM-head.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Auralic ALTAIR G2.1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/76754b1fab53e28ced0a65c866a5da01.jpg\" alt=\"Auralic ALTAIR G2.1\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The streamer&#8217;s CPU is the most powerful in the Tesla series, and the dual Femto clock generates significant jitter reduction.\u00a0The Auralic ALTAIR G2.1 streamer is\u00a0<b>Roon Ready<\/b>\u00a0and can be controlled with\u00a0<b>Lightning DS<\/b>\u00a0software\u00a0.\u00a0Music service built-in clients include\u00a0<b>Qobuz, Tidal,<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Spotify Connect<\/b>\u00a0.\u00a0The device is enclosed in a solid aluminum body, resting on legs with a spring suspension system.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Auralic ALTAIR G2.1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/b8560fe3d63ecdcb17ebd7ab6d8e5d92.jpg\" alt=\"Auralic ALTAIR G2.1\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The retail price of the\u00a0<b>Auralic ALTAIR G2.1<\/b>\u00a0streamer and pre-amplifier\u00a0in Europe will be\u00a0<b>4,999 euros<\/b>\u00a0, with sales starting in May 2021.<\/p>\n<p><i>More info &#8211;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/us.auralic.com\/\">\u00a0Auralic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Auralic\u00a0released a new product in a series of G2.1 &#8211; full streamer preamp function\u00a0ALTAIR G2.1\u00a0. A distinctive feature of the model is the use of an analog volume control based on a resistive matrix.\u00a0The output is equipped with\u00a0Orfeo\u00a0class\u00a0A modules\u00a0. The model also has two pure analog inputs, allowing the signal to be stored in analog [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/auralic-altair-g2-1-digital-streamer-and-preamp\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":130186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-130185","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}