Auralic Aries G1

Audiophile Music Streamer

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Hi Fi Choice Editor's Choice Award Winner

"The Aries G1 is a beautifully realised streaming platform that delivers the Auralic experience to a variety of DACs at an attractive price. If you have a DAC,this is the most transparent way to add network music streaming to your system and leads the way in this field"

Modern Style & Performance Comes to the Original Aries

The Aries G1 combines the DNA of the classic Aries with the features, performance and looks of AURALiC's latest engineering. Wireless streaming, AURALiC's Lightning app, Airplay compatibility, Spotify Connect, Tidal and Quobuz. You will absolutely be able to get the most out of the most popular streaming services. Of course you can stream up to DSD 512 (DoP and Native) wirelessly through the Aries G1 as well.

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Difference between the Aries G1 vs. G2: Digital Audio Review Video

	ARIES G1	ARIES G2

Streaming Platform
Platform Name	Tesla G2
Processor	Quad Core Coretex-A9 (1.2G)
System Memory	2GB DDR3
User Data Storage	8GB
Processing Power	37,500MIPS
Hardware I/O
Network	Gigabit Ethernet 2.4G/5G 802.11ac WiFi
Digital Input	No
Digital Output	AES/EBU, Coaxial, Toslink
USB Host	Yes (For Storage and External DAC)
USB Audio	No
Analog Input	No
Analog Ouuput	No
Internal Stoage	No	Yes
Lightning-Link	No	Yes
Technology Features
Galvanic Isolation	No	Yes
Dual Femto Clock	Yes
ORFEO Class-A Output	N/A
Jitter-Free Operation	N/A
Purer-Power Supply	Yes
Unity Chassis	No	Yes
Weight Balanced Design	No	Yes
Anti-vabration footspike	No	Yes
Memory Cache	1GB
Volume Control	Yes (Processing Engine)
Fiexible Filter Mode	Yes (For Resampler)
Local Streaming
Lightning/OpenHome	Yes
Roon Ready	Yes
AirPlay	Yes
Spotify Connect	Yes
Songcast	Yes
Bluetooth	Yes
Built-in Lightning Server	Yes
Built-in Processing Engine	Yes
Online Streaming
TIDAL	Yes
Qobuz	Yes
Lightning Server Features
Network Shared Folder	Yes
USB Storage	Yes
Internal Stoage	No	Yes
Additional Features
OTA Update	Yes
SmartIR	Yes

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Auralic Aries G-1

Posted by Terry Scoby on 30th Nov 2020

The Aries G-1 is an exceptional streamer. Easy to use and excellent sound quality. DS Lightning software is much better than Aurender Conductor and other UPnP software, such as BubbleUPnP and Audirvana that I used with other streamers.