+1 again for the Auralic Altair G1 or 1.1 now. Great performance for its price I think. I have one in a second system, run it on wifi, and it immediately brought out much better sound over my cd player or lesser streaming sources. IMHO much better than node or other $1000 solutions. And one box. I run an Auralic G2.1 in my main system with a custom power supply. but the Altair gives close to that performance at a reasonable price. Talk to GTT audio. Ken
Best Direction/Product Combo DAC/Streamer
Hello, I am wondering if anyone would recommend a combination DAC/Streamer that will also be able to accommodate or allow me to connect my CD Transport? I often stream music when I am playing background music and as of now have a Schiit Audio Modi as my Dac and an original Bluesound Node as my streamer. I also run a Cambridge Audio CD transport connected to the Modi. I would like to puchase a combination product to minimize the number of boxes. Does anyone have a recommendation? Thank you in advance.
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and oh yes thank you @verdantaudio I run Roon at my home, but the Altair is at my vacation home and I do not have Roon. The Auralic software is very nice and works perfectly, though I miss my Roon playlists. |
You did not indicate a budget or indicate input output requirements. I use a Wyred4Sound 10th anniversary DAC and an Aurender 100H server with a Linn Unidisc 1.1. I believe the Cambridge CXC CD transport only has an SPDIF and Optical out, no USB out. The transport can go into the SPDIF of the Wyred4Sound for playback or the Aurender for burning or buffering before playback with the Aurender. The Aurender USB out can go to the Wyred4Sound USB in. Price of combo used is about $4k and new about $8k with the new Aurender 150 which reviews indicate better my 100H. I find the combo organic and articulate like vinyl without the background noise with dense and three dimensional images, wide stage, excellent timbre and detail, and smooth.
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You have the basics of a great streamer set up now,most of what is being suggested are “streamers”but not wireless and pains in neck to use the streamer functionality with awful UI .Assuming a wirelessly receiving setup is something you require (as do I) I would suggest the often overlooked Sonos Port or Gen 2 connect. You can wirelessly stream your cd music to another room (to another( G2 connect) I understand you are trying to minimize boxes but the port and amp are very small boxes. Based on what you currently have consider a much better dac with inputs for the node and you’ll be very happy. Picture your node atop a ares 2 not much real estate being used really you’ll save a bunch and it will blow most of what being suggested here out of the water…
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