sonos targets platform adding 24bit qobuz

On internal fit out AURALiC have specified an almost identical Tesla hardware platform to the original Aries (US$1599) and Aries LE (US$999): quad-core 1GHz ARM Coretex-A9 processor but with 512Mb RAM instead of the forerunners’ full Gb. (Pro tip: add your music AFTER installing the drive). In this context, the Aries Mini is a WiFi-able NAS drive. One Mini can even stream to another Mini or any other UPnP-capable network device for that matter. How so? 1) Hook an external hard drive full of tunes into its second rear-panelled USB port or 2) install a 2.5” SSD/HHD into its hull and it becomes its own independent twofer music server and playback client running on a single device. The Aries Mini’s key drawcard is self-sufficiency.

It’s an Airplay DAC it’s a Bluetooth DAC.

The Aries Mini – she’s free to see other people like Messrs Bluetooth and Airplay. Whilst the Aries Mini can fetch content from a UPnP/DLNA-serving network node, the client-server relationship isn’t an exclusive one. Optional low noise linear PSU for US$299.įorget about the streaming service connection for a moment. Here are the basics: the Mini pulls music from the cloud and/or home-based data storage and sends it onward to an existing DAC or amplifier. No such issues trouble the Aries Mini when used in tandem with the all-new iPhone version of AURALiC’s Lightning DS app. That’s good news in a product category where functionality often matters as much – if not more than – sound quality alone. Many an end user will take a pass on a streamer should its control app walk with a limp, arrive bug-ridden or not do gapless playback. It’s a little like the 1950/60’s TV show To Tell the Truth – would the real AURALiC Aries Mini please step forward? This Chinese company’s entry-level streamer wears many hats.

Sonos targets platform adding 24bit qobuz