Thank you for choosing AURALiC product. ALTAIR is a perfect single-box music source for
your modern HiFi system. It combines a High-End DAC with world class wireless stream-
ing solution.
l High-End Wireless Streaming
ALTAIR is equipped with AURALiC’s award-winning Lightning streaming technology
that supports DXD and Quad-Rate DSD playback through Wi-Fi network. It also sup-
ports several advanced features such as gapless playback, multiple-room func-
tions. Memory Playback, the latest feature added to Lightning streaming technology
allows ALTAIR to fetch and cache the entire track in its on-board memory or system
storage in advance, and then to play locally without any network data transfer needed,
in order to improve the sound quality to the highest level.
l 15 Input Sources, More to Come
ALTAIR functions as a home music center designed for virtually all kinds of digital input
sources. By joint-used with Lightning DS, you can stream TIDAL, Qobuz and listen to
Internet Radio lively at any time. ALTAIR’s AirPlay, Songcast and Bluetooth inputs pro-
vide alternative ways to stream your favorite music from Apple Music, Spotify and
other service providers from a smartphone or a computer. The rest of inputs include
AES/EBU, Coaxial, Tosl i nk and USB connection designed for a Computer-as-Source
The dual-frequency Femto Master Clock inside the ALTAIR is specially designed and
optimized for its ESS Sabre DAC chip: with one frequency for 44.1K and multiple of
44.1K, and with another working frequency for 48K. This design makes ALTAIR to lock
on with highest clock precision (equal to the VEGA’s “EXACT” mode) at all time without
l Full Linear Power Supply
With more and more DACs at this price range starting to use switching power sup-
plies, AURALiC insists on using high performance but costly Purer-Power™ linear
power supply technology on the ALTAIR. With this technology, the noisy AC power
firstly goes into a power purification module, and the DC current and noise from both
within and outside audio frequencies can be reduced by as much as 90dB.
ALTAIR has four built-in filter modes that allow users to customize sound best befitting
their personal preference. Those filter modes were developed from AURALiC’s well
known Flexible Filter Mode in the VEGA Digital Audio Processor, with each containing
several digital filters optimized for a corresponding sampling rate.
