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AURALiC Aries G2.1 Wireless Streaming Transporter - Black

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The AURALiC Aries G2.1 Wireless Streaming Transporter delivers the flexibility to connect to everything, the intelligence to control your music with a touch, and incomparable fidelity.
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    Music Streaming with Flexibility, Power, and Intelligence

    The AURALiC Aries G2.1 Wireless Streaming Transporter delivers the flexibility to connect to everything, the intelligence to control your world of music with a touch, and the power to deliver a signal of incomparable fidelity. The ARIES G2.1 stands out as the most advanced, high-performance method for bringing truly cutting-edge streaming to your audio system that AURALiC has developed to date.

    Whether your music resides on your network, a USB drive, on streaming services like TIDAL and Qobuz, or Internet Radio, the ARIES G2.1 provides endless options to explore your universe of music from AURALiC's Lightning DS control app and take advantage of features like On-Device Playlists, Memory Caching, Gapless Playback, and Bit-Perfect Multi-Room functionality. With a supercharged Tesla G2 hardware platform, the ARIES G2.1 has the power to build a pure, bit-perfect stream for music formats up to 32bit/384khz PCM and DSD512 over Wi-Fi for truly exceptional sonic satisfaction. On its own or matched with other G-Series devices, the ARIES G2.1 redefines audio performance from a digital source.

    Designed to Innovate, Engineered to Perform

    The G2.1 is the next logical evolutionary step, resulting from a desire to improve upon the original G2 series. AURALiC always works to create a new approach to digital music that pushes the boundaries of sonic quality. Incorporating state-of-the-art technologies and delivered with innovative features, G2.1 is built for ultimate levels of sonic performance.

    Every G2.1 series component, including the ARIES G2.1, sports an all-new industrial design that’s engineered to set a new standard for sound quality, enhance the user experience, and look every bit as good as it sounds with its contemporary aesthetic. Offering features like a copper enclosure, a high-mass base, and an enhanced suspension system optimizes the sound of the ARIES G2.1 and ensures it is the most capable and feature-rich way to introduce streaming to your audio system that AURALiC has ever created.

    Unity Chassis II

    The ARIES G2.1 chassis has been designed as a double enclosure, where an outer case made from high-grade aluminum is supplemented with an inner layer of copper. A high-mass base and enhanced four-foot multi-spring suspension system complete the quiet, noise defeating performance of the ARIES G2.1’s Unity Chassis II.

    Perfectly Balanced

    ARIES G2.1 internal circuits are physically distributed to enhance overall balance. And with specially designed foot spikes that dampen and absorb vibrations, the ARIES G2.1 is always rock-steady, for ultra-smooth signal delivery.

    Tesla G2: Platform Made for Sound

    In 2014 AURALiC developed the original Tesla hardware platform with the goal of creating a high-performance, upgradable platform optimized for audio sound quality. Working hand-in-hand with AURALiC's control interface and innovative software features, it was the most powerful processing platform available for digital music playback and streaming. Now there’s Tesla G2, which is 50% faster, with twice the processing resources. Tesla G2 is the hardware powerhouse behind the sonic excellence of the G2 line.

    The Art of High-End Streaming

    Lightning OS is full of cutting-edge innovations that bring your music to life like never before. An extensive memory cache, bit-perfect multi-room functionality and on-device playlists help you seamlessly experience and explore all your high-resolution sources. Take control with user apps like Lightning DS or Roon and meet true audiophile streaming.

    Display Brilliance

    A 4.0-inch true color in-plane switching display with a resolution of over 300ppi provides complete operational feedback: playback status, configuration settings, and a full library view for browsing your collection.

    Flexibility to Explore

    The ARIES G2.1 offers nearly universal connectivity for access to all your digital sources. Tri-band Wi-Fi and Ethernet open your system to UPnP/DLNA media servers, shared network folders, high-resolution Internet Services, and Internet Radio, as well as RoonReady, Bluetooth, AirPlay, and SongCast control.

    CD Playback and Ripping

    Still have some love for your old CDs? Not to worry; you can plug a generic USB CD drive into your ARIES G2.1 then choose to play a CD, rip a CD while playing, or just rip.

    As with AURALiC’s Lightning file streaming, the unique CD playback feature uses the same advanced, jitter-reducing Memory Playback technology. CD data is first read and compared several times for accuracy into the system cache before playing. The result is elimination of potentially induced jitter from the transport, canceling any negative effects from the quality of your chosen CD drive, potentially improving performance beyond what’s offered from competitors’ CD players.

    An Integrated Family of Devices

    Built around cutting-edge transfer protocols, more powerful processing, and enhanced isolation engineering, G2 and G2.1 are a new concept in component integration. Four specialized components, working together to deliver a premium sound experience.

    Lightning Link

    Jitter-free to maximize sonic performance, Lightning Link provides single-point control of the entire G2 and G2.1 audio system.

    Whisper-Quiet Operation: Dual Galvanic Isolation

    To avoid the interference associated with traditional open circuit designs, Galvanic Isolation in the ARIES G2.1 separates electrical circuits while allowing data to flow between them. AURALiC created two special high-speed galvanic isolators and configured them between the ARIES G2’s primary clocking, processing, and transmitting circuits. It’s a new level of protection against EMI that helps eliminate jitter, contributing to an unparalleled level of clarity.

    Dual Purer-Power Linear Power Supplies

    AURALiC gave the ARIES G2.1 two of its ultra-quiet Purer-Power linear power supplies, galvanically isolating them from each other in the obsessive quest to reduce noise for better sonic performance. Processing and display power is completely separated from sensitive audio components that operate on their own dedicated supply. Interference between the separate areas is reduced to zero, so all you’ll hear from the ARIES G2.1 is the music.

    Dual Femto Clocks

    Dual Femto Clocks have got you covered no matter how you like to connect. With two separate, super-accurate clocks cycling on the order of quadrillionths of a second, you’ll enjoy extremely low jitter and better sound. One clock takes care of digital outputs, and the second regulates USB output, so you can be sure your musical signal is always rock-steady.

    Smart-IR Control

    Smart-IR Remote Control lets your AURALiC device map its functionality onto any remote you’d like. Just let the device know which remote you prefer, and all of its operations (play/pause, volume control, track select, etc.) can be assigned to buttons just the way you like them.

    GalvanicUSB

    Like AURALiC's ActiveUSB feature, GalvanicUSB bypasses the noisy USB power supply to improve sound quality. Precise re-clocking reduces jitter, and brand-new galvanic isolation provides even more protection against EMI noise. It’s the quietest and best-sounding USB connection we've ever offered.

    1GB Memory Cache

    Open network connections and data fetching are prone to noise that can hurt the quality of your audio signal. The Tesla G2 hardware platform dedicates a whopping 1GB of RAM to the task of caching, lowering the frequency of open circuits and helping your music sound better.

    Product Features

    Overview

    • Network digital music streamer
    • CD playback and ripping using your own generic USB CD drive
    • Provides a pure, bit-perfect stream for music formats up to 32bit/384khz PCM and DSD512 over Wi-Fi
    • Tesla G2 Platform with 37,500 MIPS Processing Speed – CPU performance that’s 50% faster than the original Tesla G1 processor.
    • 200% Memory & Storage - Twice the system memory and data storage means fluid audio signal processing and support for advanced features
    • 1GB Memory Cache - An enormous memory cache means reduced network noise and dramatically reduced open circuit time for improved sound quality
    • Unity Chassis I
    • Bit-perfect multi-room functionality
    • On-device playlists
    • 4.0-inch true color in-plane switching display with a resolution of over 300pp
    • Dual Femto Clocks
    • Smart-IR Control using your own wireless remote
    • Dual Purer-Power linear power supplies
    • Lightning Link provides single-point control of the entire G2 and G2.1 audio system
    • Anodized aluminum case in matte black with copper EMI shielding enclosure

    Rear Panel Connections

    • Tri-band WiFi x 2
    • RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet
    • USB High Speed Storage
    • Galvanic Isolated USB Audio
    • Lightning Link to Processor
    • Galvanic Isolated TOSLINK
    • Galvanic Isolated Coaxial
    • Galvanic Isolated AES.EBU
    • IEC Power Cable

    Streaming File Formats

    • Lossless: AIFF, ALAC, APE, DIFF, DSF, FLAC, OGG, WAV and WV
    • Lossy: AAC, MP3, MQA and WMA

    Sampling Rates

    • PCM: 44.1KHz to 384 kHz in 32Bit*
    • DSD: DSD64 (2.8224 MHz), DSD128 (5.6448 MHz), DSD256 (11.2896 MHz), DSD512 (22.57892 MHz)

    Control Software

    • AURALiC Lightning DS for iOS
    • AURALiC Lightning DS for web browser (device settings only)
    • OpenHome compatible control software (BubbleUPnP, Kazoo)
    • Roon (Roon Core required separately)

    Streaming Inputs

    • Network shared folder, USB Storage, USB CD Drive, Internal Music Storage, UPnP/DLNA Media Server, native TIDAL, HighResAudio and Qobuz Sublime+, Internet Radio, AirPlay, Bluetooth, Songcast, RoonReady

    Audio Outputs

    • AURALiC Lightning Link
    • Digital Outputs: AES/EBU, Coaxial, Toslink
    • USB Output: USB Host to compatible DAC

    Network

    • Wired: Gigabit Ethernet
    • Wireless: 802.11b/g/n/ac Tri-Band WiFi

    In the Box

    • AURALiC ARIES G2.1 Wireless Streaming Transporter
    • 2 x External WiFi antenna (2pcs)
    • Power cord
    • User's guide

    New Lighting V10 Firmware Update

    AURALiC continually improves and enhances its Lightning DS firmware. Now available is the latest Lightning V10 firmware update via OTA updates for all AURALiC G series and S series products (as of April 26 2024). Please read AURALiC's latest software release note here:

    https://support.auralic.com/hc/en-us/articles/206579677-Current-Device-Firmware

    New V10 Features

    • New 'Playing' interface design allows interface to show currently activated processing features, internal processing frequency, tone mode setting
    • Added Tone Mode control
    • Added PureDAC Mode (VEGA G2.2)
    • Added Lightning Server support (VEGA G2.2)

    New V10 Improvements

    • Updated Lightning Link communication protocol, preparing for new features in the coming update
    • Improved KKBox playback format compatibility

    New V10 Fixes

    • Some radio station links won't play properly - Fixed
    • AirPlay stopped working after iOS 17.4 update – Fixed

    Product Specs

    • Power Consumption: Sleep: <10W; Playback: 50W at max.
    • Dimensions - W x D x H: 13.4" x 12.6" x 3.7"
    • Weight: 20.7 lbs.

    Product Warranty

    Parts & Labor 1 Year AURALiC Warranty Information

    The Ear Best of 2021

    "Auralic’s best streamer is a dedicated network bridge without an onboard DAC, it is designed to pull data from a hard or solid state drive and present it to the converter in as clean and coherent a fashion as possible. This it does to a very high standard thanks to top notch build quality, copper internal shielding and Auralic’s Lightning DS server software. Combine the Aries G2.1 with a good quality music library and DAC and you will get a good idea of what digital is capable of, which is very high resolution combined with excellent timing and class leading imaging."

    - The Ear, December 8, 2021


    "...the Auralic Aries G2.1 is a rather special piece of kit, one that’s capable of taking almost any streaming system to the next level. You need a commensurately good DAC to make the most of it and the source side needs to be sorted too, but if you’re looking for a serious streaming upgrade this warrants serious consideration."

    - Jason Kennedy, the-ear.net, March 22, 2021


    Hi-Fi+ Award Winner 2021

    "The Aries G2.1 is an exceptional streamer with a great feature range and an increasingly sophisticated control application that gives instant access to the streaming services that are worth paying for."

    - Hi-Fi+ Issue 193, March 2021


    "AURALiC's new Aries G2.1 is a welcome new entry into the high-end streamer market for the following reasons. First, it sounds great – giving a very open, expansive and expressive sound, that gels musically very well. Secondly, it's refreshingly easy to use and set-up – and never crashed on me during the review period, unlike many others I've tried over the years. Third, it's beautifully built inside and out. Finally, it forms part of a whole new streaming' stack system', including clock, upsampler and DAC – which gives excellent upgrade potential..."

    "Overall, this new streaming transport deserves to succeed, and I am in no doubt that it will."

    - David Price, SteroNETâ„¢ UK, November 12, 2020

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