Auralic ARIES G2.1

The ARIES G2.1 Wireless Streaming Transporter stands out as the most advanced, high-performance method for bringing truly cutting-edge streaming to your audio system that Auralic developed.

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Auralic ARIES G2.1

Wireless Streaming Transport

Discontinued replace by ARIES G2.2

 

ARIES G2.1

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 Wireless Streaming Transporter stands out as the most advanced, high-performance method for bringing truly cutting-edge streaming to your audio system that Auralic developed.

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 our 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

G2.1 is the next logical evolutionary step, resulting from a desire to improve upon the original G2 series.

At AURALiC, they always work 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 optimises 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 they have ever created.

Unity Chassis II

ARIES G2.1 Chassis

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

ARIES G2.1 Suspension

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 optimised for audio sound quality.

Working hand-in-hand with our 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. 50% faster, with twice the processing resources, Tesla G2 is the hardware powerhouse behind the sonic excellence of the G2 line.

37,500MIPS

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.

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, their 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 specialised components, working together to deliver a premium sound experience

Lightning Link

Jitter-free to maximise 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.

They 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 have given the ARIES G2.1 two of their 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

G2.1Clocks

Dual Femto Clocks have got you covered no matter how you like to connect.

With 2 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 their 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 they have ever offered.

Dual Purer-Power

The first of two Purer-Power supplies feeds the ARIES G2.1’s processing circuit, LCD display, and storage – whether internal or attached via USB.

The second Purer-Power pathway is dedicated to sensitive audio components such as the Femto clock and USB audio output.

Both power supplies are galvanically isolated from each other to ensure zero EMI interference between them.

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

Specifications ARIES G2.1

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 384KHz in 32Bit*

DSD: DSD64(2.8224MHz), DSD128(5.6448MHz), DSD256(11.2896MHz), DSD512(22.57892MHz)**

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

Power Consumption

Sleep: <10W

Playback: 50W at max.

Dimensions – W x D x H

13.4 x 12.6 x 3.7 in. (34cm x 32cm x 9.6cm)

Weight

20.7 lbs (9.3kg)

Product Finishing

Anodised aluminum case in matte black with copper EMI shielding enclosure.

ARIES g2.1 Chassis

Contents

AURALiC ARIES G2.1 Wireless Streaming Transporter

2*External WiFi antenna (2pcs)

Power cord

User’s guide

Brand

Auralic

AURALiC, High-Performance Innovation That Brings All Your Music to Life. They design and build products that enhance the recorded musical experience all over the world. Digital sources that combine features and technology to provide their customers with accessible, high levels of sonic performance. AURALiC brings together, in a trusted, mature ecosystem, advanced technologies in innovative ways for the purpose of listening to music at high levels of performance through the use of accessible, feature-packed award-winning products meant to be the cornerstone of any high-performance audio system.

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