Audial turns 20
So, we have been here for 20 years. With an honest attitude and cutting-edge designs, and with no aggressive marketing of any kind. But, above all, with customers who are great audio devotees.
AYA 5 revision B (2024)
AYA 5 revision B is the 2024 release of the famous DAC project. It is a non-oversampling converter based on the TDA1541(A), and it includes an asynchronous USB with up to 384 kHz capability, an S/PDIF, and optional direct inputs, and a discrete output stage without feedback.
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Multichannel or 2-channel USB stage?
In previous years, some of our customers experienced issues connecting S5 and AYA 5 DACs with some USB sources. As it turned out, it was caused by some streamers’ inability to work with more than 2-channel devices.
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S5 2024 updates (S5b)
As it was already announced, we are migrating to the revised S5 version, named S5b. The main news brought by the new version is the remote control capability, and the S5b will work with the remote control unit we introduced the previous year. This added capability also implied certain changes on the front plate. The
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A21 and S5 video reviews
Audial products recently got some nice video reviews.
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Connecting the S5 transformer coupled RCA output to the A21 balanced input
S5 transformer coupled RCA output can also act as a real balanced source, and thus it can be connected to A21 balanced input.
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USB interface board Mark 3
Summer 2023 brings the third version of the Audial USB interface board. And just like its predecessors, it is a limited series, available only for preordering.
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Remote control unit
Audial remote control is a unique product of this kind, in a machined case. It is also “unified”, in a way the one unit works with all Audial devices supporting remote control operation.
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“Is I2S better than USB?”
“Will I benefit from adding a DDC (digital to digital converter) and connecting it to S5 or AYA 5 A-link input, instead of using their USB input? Is A-link better than USB?” I am regularly receiving such questions. And here is the reply.
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Recent S5 update
It is almost a year and a half since we started shipping the S5, and this DAC recently got some updates. A bit more information about them is following, and some of the information and photographs of the S5 internals you might find actually premiered here.
Current schedule
Audial just moved to a new address, but more was happening recently. And this is the schedule.
AYA 5
Continuing the AYA story, we are about to release the AYA 5. And we are making some significant changes with this version.