AURALIC ARIES S1 Streamer

Taking advantage of Auralic's technologies and know-how, the Aries S1 connects to your network or to digital sources such as network storage, online streaming services like Qobuz or Spotify, web radio and USB devices to provide you with extremely high-performance remote playback. Playlists, caching, stable playback, bit-perfect multi-room are just some of the features Auralic offers on its devices and with support for Qobuz Sublime+, Spotify Connect and Roon Ready, the connectivity of the Aries S1 is even more extensive than before. Hardware and component enhancements to the Aries S1, including the Tesla G3 streaming platform, enable Auralic's newcomer to deliver stunning performance, making it the perfect choice for high-resolution streaming up to DSD512 and PCM 384kHz 32bit.

Aries S1 : Tesla G3

Built on a 64-bit quad-core architecture, the Tesla G3 streaming platform offers eight times the processing capacity of its predecessor. Equipped with 2GB of DDR4 system memory, the Tesla G3 can easily handle the most demanding processing tasks, making it a future-proof solution that will adapt to the rapidly changing digital audio landscape.

The Tesla G3 platform also uses Direct Memory Access (DMA) technology for its audio input and output channels, allowing all audio-related hardware and software to access system memory directly, dramatically reducing latency and jitter by 90% compared to Tesla G2.

Aries S1 : CD playback and ripping

The Aries S1 also offers the option of connecting a USB CD drive to it to either simply play CDs or extract data from them. Furthermore, when reading a CD, the Aries S1 applies the same treatment to the data as when used as a streamer, reading and re-comparing the data in cache before sending it to the rest of the system. The result is the elimination of potential transport-induced jitter, negating any negative effect of the quality of the chosen CD player.