Source: Press Release, Last Accessed: 2018/05/10

The original Aries Wireless Streaming Bridge and Vega DAC helped make Auralic’s name in the high-end audio industry, and this year the company revisits its classic products with a “G” style makeover. With pricing more similar to the originals than Auralic’s premium line, it may well be the most economical way to get your hands on some of the company’s latest engineering.
The brand-new Aries G1 streams high-resolution digital music from local network locations, attached USB storage, Internet streaming sources like TIDAL, Qobuz, and Spotify, and Internet Radio — delivering all of it to your current setup over Wi-Fi. Being based on the original Aries means that the new device benefits from all the features and functionality of Lightning Streaming — the infrastructure that Auralic developed for its streaming products. Auralic’s well-regarded Lightning DS iOS app serves as the system’s primary interface, so users have plenty of browsing and playback features at their fingertips with the G1 as well. The unit is compatible with AirPlay and SongCast, and can function as a RoonReady endpoint.
The new Aries supports streaming resolutions up to DSD512 and PCM 32bit/384K over a home Wi-Fi network and its processing heart is in fact the same as what’s found in the top-of-the-line model Aries G2 from last year. That means the Tesla G2 platform with its processor that’s 50% faster than the older Aries had, supported by twice the system memory (2GB) and data storage (8GB), and a giant 1GB memory cache. The anodized black aluminum enclosure is updated with front panel buttons for easy navigation and the front panel borrows the G2’s 4.0-inch true color retina resolution display as well. The G1 features dual Purer-Power linear power supplies just like in the G2, separating and isolating the processing circuit from the digital audio circuit for less noise and better sound.
The sound of Auralic’s first Vega digital-to-analog converter made it an instant hit when it was released, but the Vega G1 Streaming DAC goes a lot further, with integrated streaming functionality and a host of improvements that are, once again, drawn from Auralic’s top-end lineup. It starts with the ability of the Vega G1 to pull double duty as a high-resolution streamer featuring the Tesla platform and giving it the power to connect to local network locations, lossless Internet sources like TIDAL, Qobuz, and Spotify, and Internet Radio.
Vega G1 supports both streaming and conversion of all of today’s highest-resolution digital music formats, up to DSD512 and PCM in 32-bit/384k, and it stays up to date with OTA updates from Auralic. Lightning Streaming is the foundation for Vega G1’s streaming functionality, and that means On-Device Playlists, Memory Caching, Gapless Playback and Bit- perfect Multi-Room features are part of the package. Vega G1 also supports Spotify Connect and RoonReady features.

For more information: http://www.auralic.com/en/

More News...