Hi, I’m considering purchasing an Auralic Aries G1.1 or the new 2.2 streamer transport and pairing either one to the Musical Fidelity M6X Dac and the Roon Nucleus. So my question is, would Roon RAAT protocol be applied with these combos?
I’m using the Auralic Altair G1.1 at the moment. Quite satisfied with its performance and SQ, but I’m smitten with the upgrade bug. I asked an upscale Audio rep about the Vega g2.2. and he wasn’t too keen on the streamer/dac. That’s his opinion, but others may argue otherwise about the Vega. Thanks!
Welcome Bert. I’m biased, but if you are thinking about a streamer/DAC in that sort of price range, I’d recommend adding the Lumin T3 to your list of possibles - if you need other digital inputs then the P1 is the job. I can confirm that Lumin is absolutely rock solid as a Roon endpoint.
I would agree. I changed my electronics this year to go for a slightly warmer sound, from Devialet Expert (served me very well, a great product) to Luxman. I went for a Lumin T3 and was a little underwhelmed compared to Devialet, but I have just replaced the power supply with a Teddy Pardo external power supply and all is revealed! A big jump in sound quality.
Both are rock solid with Roon, I’ve tried the T3 with Qobuz native and uPnP from an Innuos server, and they are no better than Roon to my ears.
I’m rather disappointed with Lumin because power supply is so important with digital and the T3, T2 and U2 Mini use a Chinese OEM switch mode power supply that costs as little as £9. You have to spend almost twice as much to get a P1 with a better power supply. The Teddy Pardo unit was a small fraction of the cost. T3 to P1 is +£4,300, the TP power unit cost about £550 delivered and took 20 minutes to install.
As I started streaming with Linn in 2010, I never understood the need to have streamer and DAC in separate boxes, just causes unnecessary complications.
Me too! As a Linn owner, I think having streamer+DAC (and a good PSU) in one box is a good solution, both from the engineering and end-user point of view.
Linn support and update their devices for years going forward. You get what you pay for. My Japanese branded streaming DAC suffered a failure of the streamer and is effectively bricked. No support short of a repair that costs pretty much the same as a new DAC if you can find someone to do it. It is case by case. I now use a DAC and have a choice of streamers to mate with it. The streamers are all built around a replaceable processing unit so can be repaired or updated going going forward at minimal cost.