Article: AURALiC ARIES G2 Review

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Photos of interior of Aries G2 and G1 for comparison:

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Xuanqian Wang’s (aka: “Mr. Auralic”) take on SQ differences between Auralic models:

 

“Galvanic isolation contributes a lot to sound quality because they isolate the digital noise generated by processing circuit. There is no galvanic isolation in either ARIES G1 or VEGA G1 so the sound quality of G1 are not comparable to G2, only software features are the same.

My personal rating of the sound quality for different devices are as below:

For USB output:

ARIES MINI: 100%
ARIES (Femto): 120%
ARIES G1: 140%
ARIES G2: 240%

For digital outputs:

ARIES MINI: 100%
ARIES (Femto): 110%
ARIES G1: 120%
ARIES G2: 300%”

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10 hours ago, Cortes said:

 

My God, this is even worse!. Since you can get galvanic isolation on the USB with a Silanna chip for less than $100.  

https://hifimediy.com/high-speed-usb-isolator-480Mbps

 

I guess,  getting that chip embedded must cost less. 

 

 

I must say the this the comment I posted was made in the context of a larger discussion. Mr. Wang has indicated that there are other reasons for the G2 to sound  better than the G1.