Auralic / Aries G2.1

The AURALiC Aries G2.1 is a true high-end wireless streaming transport for listeners who already own a serious DAC and want the front end of their digital system to match it. Built around AURALiC’s Tesla G2 processing platform and Lightning DS control ecosystem, the G2.1 is designed as a dedicated network bridge and music library interface—not a compromised all-in-one box. It is the right product for those who care about clean digital delivery, low noise, and stable everyday use. The G2.1 feeds external DACs through USB, AES/EBU, coaxial, optical, and AURALiC’s proprietary Lightning Link connection. Its double-enclosure chassis with copper shielding and multi-spring isolation is part of the same G2.1 mechanical approach that made the series so successful: control vibration, reduce interference, and keep the digital path quiet. Streaming services, network libraries, Roon Ready operation, and the excellent Lightning DS app make it both sonically serious and genuinely practical to live with. “It sounds great – giving a very open, expansive and expressive sound, that gels musically very well.” — David Price, StereoNET

“I used the Aries G2.1 with a variety of DACs over two or three months and got consistently outstanding results with it.” — Jason Kennedy, The Ear

This is one of the most important streamer/transports of its generation: beautifully built, highly resolving, and flexible enough to sit at the center of a refined digital system. Whether you are pairing it with a reference DAC you already own or building a more complete AURALiC stack, the Aries G2.1 remains a compelling way to raise the performance of network audio without compromise.