Auralic Altair G2.2 Streaming DAC preamplifier

The Altair G2.1 is the unit in Auralic's range that does it all. A Preamplifier, DAC and Streamer with options to put in a 2TB hard drive. 

The Preamplifier is also a full blown analogue preamplifier. Not only does it have the analogue line and Moving Magnet phono inputs, it also doesn't simply convert these into digital signals within the chassis. Rather they are kept completely separate from the digital circuitry. Also the volume control is an analogue design based on resistive ladder construction. A less noisy, cleaner choice than other designs out there. Such all-in-one units have tended to use cheaper less fullfilling preamplifier modules that I normally recommend customers to bypass. That's not the case here. As oppossed to the G1.1 the preamplifier section on this unit has an increased output level and a HDMI input and a Home Theatre Bypass. You can also disengage the preamplifier stage if your using it with an offboard preamplifier. 

This unit also employs galvanic isolators in between its sensitive tesla processors and audio circuits to keep its noise floor absolutely inert.

The Tesla G3 processing forms the basis of this unit's streaming platform. It has Quad core, 64 bit processor...the best of the best.

Also a superior power supply and thick copper shielded chassis with isolating feet mean that noise and vibrations are kept to an absolute minimum. Couple that with a pair of super accurate clocks reducing jitter and this is a unit that stands above others in its category.

Clean, effortless sound and a unit that ticks all the boxes without compromise.