The Well-Tempered Computer, an introduction to computer audio

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Auralic Aries

Auralic Aries $1599/€ 1499


Streaming audio player supporting PCM up to 384 kHz and DSD up to 5.6448 mHz.

Streaming: uPnP Qobuz WiMP Songcast AirPlay
FIle formats: AAC,  AIFF,  ALAC,  APE,  DIFF,  DSF,  FLAC,MP3,  OGG,  WAV,  WV  and  WMA
Sample rates: PCM in 44.1KHz – 384KHz at 16 ‐ 24bits, DSD 2.8224MHz and 5.6448MHz

Inputs:
RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet,
Dual Band 802.11ac Wireless
USB 2.0 High external HD

Outputs:
USB 2.0 High‐Speed for compatible USB DACs,
AES/EBU,
OAXICAL,
TOSLINK

Interface:
AURALiC Lightning DS App on iOS, Android, OS X and Wind
UPnP compatible control points

Clock: Dual 240fs  Femto Clocks
Power: 10uV  Low  Noise  external  PSU


Aries LE has the same specs but simpler clocking and PSU ($999)