A Video Review of the Auralic Aries G2.1 Wireless Streaming Transporter

It’s no secret that music lovers have embraced streaming in the biggest of ways. Audiophiles have been an integral part of this trend, both as consumers and as vocal advocates of higher-quality audio transmission. This also extends to the hardware side of things because audiophiles, as they are wont to do, are constantly looking for the “best” way to get their streaming audio content through to their home systems. Companies like Auralic have been working diligently over the last few years to meet the needs of the slightly more obsessive of us out there who are looking for the very best. This brings us to the new Aries G2.1 Wireless Streaming Transporter, Auralic’s top-shelf digital front end. The company aim’s for this to be the centerpiece of your digital audio eco-system, being able to access music files from a variety of locations and sources and at almost every conceivable bit-depth and format. Connect it to a DAC of commensurate quality (Auralic hopes that you will pick one of theirs) and you will be ensured of a superior digital music experience through your audio system.

I hope that you enjoy my impressions and observations of the Auralic Aries G2.1 in my full video review presented below. One thing to note is that the antennas that you will see attached to Aries in the video review are not the correct ones that Auralic ships with the product. They were shipped by mistake with the review unit and I simply attached them “for show” in the video. Auralic would like it noted that using Wi-Fi antennas that were not originally designed for the Aries can cause poor operation and possible internal damage to the unit. For my review, the Aries G2.1 was connected to my network via Ethernet. I never used Wi-Fi at all in the review and when not shooting the video the antennas remained in the box. As such the antennas had no bearing on my overall impressions of the review unit’s functionality or sound quality.