Auralic ARIES G2 - Product Introduction; Lightning Streaming; Lightning Link Interface

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Welcome'
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Since! 2014!the!AURALiC! ARIES! Wireless! Streaming! Bridge! has! been! the! leader! in! the!
world!of!high-resolution!audio!streaming,!and!it!became!the!premier!choice!for!bridging!
the!gap!between!lossless!digital!music!sources!and!your!home!audio!system.! Now,!with!
cutting-edge!transfer!protocols,!faster!processing,!enhanced!i solati on !engineering!and!a!
redesigned!chassis,!the!brand- new!ARIES!G2!Streaming!Transporter! rais es!the!standard!
for!connecting!your!musical!world.!!
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The!AURALiC!ARIES!G2!includes!all!the!rock-solid!connectivity!and!one-of-a-kind!features!
found!in!the!original!award-winning!ARIES,!and!builds!on!them!by!introducing!original!
engineering!designs!focused!on!isolati on,!separation!and!protection!against!i nterference.!
Not! just! a! big! brother! to! the! ARIES,! the! ARIES! G2! is! an! enhanced! streaming! device!
endowed!with!cutting-edge!technologies!and!proprietary!innovation s.!Whether!on!its!
own!or!working!in!consort!with!other!G!Series!devices!from!AURALiC,!the!ARIES!G2!is!for!
music!lovers!who!require!the!most!discerning!approach!to!modern!streaming.!
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• Lightning'Streaming!
Like! all! streaming-capable! AURALiC! products,! the! ARIES! G2’s! expansive! wireless!
connectivity!options!are!thanks!to!its!native!integration!of!AURALiC’s!custom-built!
Lightning!Streaming!technology.!Lightning!Streaming!uses!existing!Wi-Fi!to!create!a!
dedicated! music! s treaming! network! capable! of! wirelessly! d elivering! the! highest!
resolution!musical!formats!avail able,!up!to!DSD512!and!PCM!32bit/384k.!Lightning!
Streaming! brings! with! it! all! the! features! you’ve! come! to! expect! from! ARUALiC!
streaming! devices! too,! like! Gapless! Playback,! Memory! Caching,! Bit-Perfect! Multi-
Room,!and!Upsampling.!!
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Along! with! the! ARIES! G2! and! the! G! series! of! produ cts! from! AURALiC,! we’re! also!
introducing!a! browser-based!interface! for! configuring! Lightni ng! Streaming! and! its!
features,!allowing!universal!access!for!the!first!time!from!any!smart!phone,!tablet,!
or!computer.!!
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In! addition! to! compati bi li ty! with! AirPlay,! the! ARIES! G2! is! a! certified! Roon! Ready!
endpoint!for!seamless!integration!with!Roon ! software,!making!it!one!of!the!most!
flexible!streamers!available!in!hi-fi.!!!
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• Lightning'Link!
Lightning!L in k!is!a!low-jitter,!bi-directional!18Gbps!co upl in g!that!takes!advantage!of!
high-speed! HDMI-type! hardware! connectors! to! provide! a! superior! level! of!