Having this functionality the AURALiC Aries LE is a pure transport device which means it is intended to transport digital music to a Digital to Analogue Converter (DAC). In other words a device that talks to a router over ethernet or wi-fi to ‘stream’ digital music either from an online streaming subscription service like Tidal, or from storage drives connected to a router, containing ripped CD or downloaded files. Most people would consider a ‘bridge’ in AURALiC parlance to be a streamer. The AURALiC Aries LE certainly stands out from the crowd with its usual shape.ĪURALiC say the Aries LE uses a Tesla G1 processing engine to meet the demands of high resolution streaming which is based around a Quad Core Cortex-A9 processor running at 1GHz with 1GB DDR3 RAM and 3GB storage. A balance is struck between the required design and function therefore. Metal case streamers use an external aerial as the signal obviously can’t penetrate the case. Incidentally in keeping to this design the case has to be made of plastic, to allow wi-fi signals to reach its internal antenna. A flat rubber platform on the underside of the lower plate ensures its stability in a rack. The unit has a unique look with upper and lower curved plastic face plates, with the electronics and attractive orange display on black background encased in a centre sandwich. I get to grips in a review of the AURALiC Aries LE. ![]() However aside from 2001 space travel, I quickly learnt this AURALiC is very much 2018 capable HiFi when I progressed through my review. It certainly would have fitted in well on that film set. Wireless / Network Digital Streaming TransportĮnvisaging what modern technology would look like past the millennium for his 1968 film, ‘2001- A Space Odyssey’, the space age looking AURALiC ARIES design might not have been too far from Stanley Kubrick’s mind.
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