Auralic has shutdown

[haraldo]

Future of AURALiC Brand Uncertain After Shutdown

After months of uncertainty, AURALiC Ltd., known for its high-end streaming solutions, has shut down its business. Industry insiders point to falling sales, supply chain issues, and the withdrawal of its founder as key factors. Whether the company’s intellectual property will be acquired and preserved remains unclear.
AURALiC Ltd., renowned for its high-end streaming solutions since 2009, has ceased operations after major sales declines and market withdrawals. The brand’s future remains uncertain, though European distributors pledge ongoing service support.

I don´t post links to any other forums, but just google it

I have an Auralic Aries G1 streamer, I wonder: Will it suddenly stop working?
When there is no online Auralic accounts, you are not able to setup and use streamer without an Auralic account, will it stop working when it cannot connect to the cloud account?
will the Lightning DS app suddenly stop working with a new iOS version?
Will future changes to Tidal or Qobus suddenly leave the streaming functions non-workable?

 

[TLS Guy]

Future of AURALiC Brand Uncertain After Shutdown

After months of uncertainty, AURALiC Ltd., known for its high-end streaming solutions, has shut down its business. Industry insiders point to falling sales, supply chain issues, and the withdrawal of its founder as key factors. Whether the company’s intellectual property will be acquired and preserved remains unclear.
AURALiC Ltd., renowned for its high-end streaming solutions since 2009, has ceased operations after major sales declines and market withdrawals. The brand’s future remains uncertain, though European distributors pledge ongoing service support.

I don´t post links to any other forums, but just google it

I have an Auralic Aries G1 streamer, I wonder: Will it suddenly stop working?
When there is no online Auralic accounts, you are not able to setup and use streamer without an Auralic account, will it stop working when it cannot connect to the cloud account?
will the Lightning DS app suddenly stop working with a new iOS version?
Will future changes to Tidal or Qobus suddenly leave the streaming functions non-workable?

I think it is hard to say. However, based on past situations, I would expect the units to become downgraded and increasingly useless over time.

I don't understand the popularity of streamers. I have never owned a brand streamer. However, I do a lot of streaming and with very high quality. I use computers, an HTPC on out living room system and an HTPC and DAW in the studio, both the latter are DIY. I can grab anything I want at the highest quality and don't have to worry about businesses failing or shutting down. Computers are the hassle free way to stream, and I think the most cost effective.


I use one of these in the living room and another in my wife's office.

In my opinion, that approach is the most versatile way to stream and delivers the highest SQ and video quality.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

I think it is hard to say. However, based on past situations, I would expect the units to become downgraded and increasingly useless over time.

I don't understand the popularity of streamers. I have never owned a brand streamer. However, I do a lot of streaming and with very high quality. I use computers, an HTPC on out living room system and an HTPC and DAW in the studio, both the latter are DIY. I can grab anything I want at the highest quality and don't have to worry about businesses failing or shutting down. Computers are the hassle free way to stream, and I think the most cost effective.


I use one of these in the living room and another in my wife's office.

In my opinion, that approach is the most versatile way to stream and delivers the highest SQ and video quality.

Same here - HTPC is my thing also.

I never got into streamers. That's why I never heard of Auralic.

 

[TLS Guy]

Same here - HTPC is my thing also.

I never got into streamers. That's why I never heard of Auralic.

I had heard of them, but hugely overpriced. We have a had a stream of posts over the years about streamers becoming obsolete. I have never understood the popularity of these. People use computers daily and I have no clue why they want to essentially buy a computer with very limited function and applications, which is essentially what a streamer is. I built my first DAW in 2002 and that was considered cutting edge then. I have never been without a computer or two in my rig since. Now we have a Marantz streamer/preamp, which is grossly overpriced with limited application. I just have no clue why people are attracted to these units.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

I had heard of them, but hugely overpriced. We have a had a stream of posts over the years about streamers becoming obsolete. I have never understood the popularity of these. People use computers daily and I have no clue why they want to essentially buy a computer with very limited function and applications, which is essentially what a streamer is. I built my first DAW in 2002 and that was considered cutting edge then. I have never been without a computer or two in my rig since. Now we have a Marantz streamer/preamp, which is grossly overpriced with limited application. I just have no clue why people are attracted to these units.

The consumers say the streamers are simpler to use (I think many people hate PC) and have a prettier screen.

The video streamers/players like K-Scape are also very costly - just the basic player is like $4K. The 24TB HDD is another $11K. And that’s not even SSD. It’s the old HDD for $11K. I have Crucial 24TB of SSD M.2 for $1,200, but 24TB of old HDD is $11K? It seems many people don’t want to buy physical discs and rip a copy of the disc by themselves (using HTPC). They would rather pay a lot more money for convenience?

 

[lovinthehd]

I suppose external streamer boxes are like why people like tts or tuners or optical disc players...especially when they combine all their gear into a small area/stack. I've never bought an external streamer except for my Amazon Fire Sticks but that's largely about video, did have some Audio Chromecast units separately for audio only. Seems the fire sticks can handle most of the same now fwiw. Some like the physicality like vinyl, old 2ch gear with only knobs, etc; not a lot of value with that stuff IMHO

 

[TLS Guy]

I suppose external streamer boxes are like why people like tts or tuners or optical disc players...especially when they combine all their gear into a small area/stack. I've never bought an external streamer except for my Amazon Fire Sticks but that's largely about video, did have some Audio Chromecast units separately for audio only. Seems the fire sticks can handle most of the same now fwiw. Some like the physicality like vinyl, old 2ch gear with only knobs, etc; not a lot of value with that stuff IMHO

You could not be more wrong. If I played you my vintage gear your would be stunned. It is a failing of humans, to think those that came before were misguided fools, and that is a grave error. You are wrong about the value, just take a look on eBay.

 

[lovinthehd]

You could not be more wrong. If I played you my vintage gear your would be stunned. It is a failing of humans, to think those that came before were misguided fools, and that is a grave error. You are wrong about the value, just take a look on eBay.

Not likely, I have gear as old as yours and, in some cases, of better capability. You are often wrong with your imperious attitude and research otoh. More opinion than fact in several ways....talk about misguided fools.

 

[dolynick]

Having been building and using HTPCs for some 20 years now, I can say without much doubt that, if we're talking about a Windows based device here, an HTPC is both more expensive and more maintenance to use than a streamer like an AppleTV box. It may not have always been the case, but it's pretty clearly so now.

People like appliances that just do what they're supposed to. The AppleTV handles format/HDR switching automatically with little hassle and still offers enough customizability via app selection for most. An HTPC is certainly more flexible but also means you have to handle codecs and generally get blocked by more DRM issues. I haven't tried Kodi recently so maybe it does auto HDR switching now, but the dedicated apps for Netflix & Prime Video do not.

I'm not looking to give up my HTPCs but I no longer recommend them for the average person who just wants to Stream Netflix, etc.