Auralic Aries (Hardware) - Impressions and Information

[The Computer Audiophile]

Now that the Aries has been released, the discussion of the hardware is in this thread.

 

The previous discussion can be found here -> Auralic Aries UPnP Renderer: Double DSD Over Wi-Fi

[The Computer Audiophile]

The 1.5 update fixed streaming from Qobuz and WiMP for me.

[The Computer Audiophile]

Computer Audiophile - Auralic Aries ... So Far

[The Computer Audiophile]

+1

I must ask why this is important with the Aries when other products are built for this functionality from the start.

[The Computer Audiophile]

When the Express is used as a repeater, I believe bandwidth is halved. In that case you should use the 5 Ghz network. I doubt the halved bandwidth of 2.4 ghz 802.11n is sufficient for audio. May be more latency with a repeater too.

You're confusing bandwidth with frequency band.

[The Computer Audiophile]

I don't think I am. Bandwidth is 300-450 Mbps for 802.11n on the 5 Ghz band with Apple Airports. It's around 130 Mbps at 2.4 GHz.

Ok cool. I thought you were just referencing the frequencies without the speed in Mbps.

 

Sorry for the hassle :~)

[The Computer Audiophile]

I have had great success with v5.0. 

[The Computer Audiophile]

4 minutes ago, mikey8811 said:

Would you like to buy another Aries?

 

I guess Auralic will jeep you as a customer and lose my patronage.

 

I've used every Auralic digital product the company has ever produced. I've also used competing products from many manufacturers. Based on my experience, I have no problem recommending Auralic to my friends and colleges. In fact, I just recommended Auralic to a friend who is an audio dealer because he needs a product that does exactly what the Auralic digital products do. 

 

Compared to most other HiFi companies, Auralic is very innovative and has an in-house team that develops and supports its software / firmware. I can't say for sure if another product would be better for you because I don't really know your situation. I just know it's tough to beat what Auralic is doing. That's why most HiFi companies can't compete in this area. 

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

9 minutes ago, erikd said:

Hey, have problem with playing dsd files from hdd on aries. When play it comes only pinknoise, work perfect with other files. Have firmware v5,1

 

Did this used to work? What DAC?

[The Computer Audiophile]

7 minutes ago, erikd said:

Yes sir, work like for a month or so ago. dac is auralic vega and use usb 

It's doing what a DAC that doesn't support DSD does, even though we know the Vega supports DSD. Have you power cycled the Vega and Aries? Remove the USB cable from the Vega for the reboot.

[The Computer Audiophile]

12 minutes ago, MNG said:

If anyone is interested in buying a Femto Aries and SBooster Ultra...

Feel free to list it here. No cost to list, pay only if it sells.

 

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