Auralic VEGA G2 DAC and Auralic LEO GX Master Clock Preview

Auralic has rapidly become one of the foremost designers of high-end audio DACs. Their VEGA DAC was a trend-setter.

Auralic’s latest entry is the VEGA G2 DAC. This unit has spectacular performance as shown below in a sample bench test result from my upcoming review. Notice that the 1 kHz test signal has no visible harmonics.

The optional clock, the Auralic LEO GX, takes performance to a new level, which you will see when you read my review.

At about $13,000 for the pair, this DAC combination is expensive. But, all audio products that perform at this extreme are expensive. Worth it? You bet! The review will arrive at SECRETS soon. Stay tuned.

John E. Johnson, Jr.

Editor-in-Chief Emeritus. John E. Johnson, Jr. founded Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity in 1994, shortly after publishing a hardcopy book of the same title. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity until 2022. John has been involved in audio and video for more than 50 years, having built radio transmitters, amplifiers, turntables, and speakers from scratch. He was also one of the founders of the Northern California Audio Video Association, now The Bay Area Audio Society. John holds four university degrees, including a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, and has published numerous scientific books, along with dozens of scientific articles on biomedical research topics as well as imaging technology. He was the founder and Editor-in-Chief of two medical/scientific journals for 20 years. John holds several patents, including one on high resolution image analysis and one on a surgical instrument. He has been affiliated with NASA, The National Institutes of Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Stanford Research Institute, and The University of California at Berkeley. He is President of the consulting firm Scientific Design and Information, Inc., which is based in Redwood City, California. John resides in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife and multiple kitties! His daughter, Cynthia, who was an integral part of SECRETS for many years, resides in San Francisco.