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SKU: PRNT-ACARIEG21-BLK
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AURALiC Aries G2.1 Wireless Streaming Transporter - Black

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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    SKU: PRNT-ACARIEG21-BLK
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    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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