Auralic Aries G2.1 or Innuos Zenith mk3

I have a Innuos Zenith and I would be really interested in that sonic comparison. Audio reviewer‘s and bloggers never compare the sound of different streamers /server renders. A  side by side comparison of one box solutions like the Auralic Aries G2.1 with build its SS drives compared to a Innuos would be helpful.

I have found that Innous changes the sound of the music (waveforms), even when it's used purely as a network streamer.  They do some smoothing or modification of the waveforms using DSP. 

The Auralic has been described as sounding "dryer" than the Innous, but I really think it means that Auralic is more neutral and uncolored.  The Innous definitely has a sonic signature.  Many people love the Innous, but it depends on what kind of sound you want.

I have the Aries G2 (not 2.1) and wasn’t able to compare it to the Innuous, unfortunately.  So, I won’t opine on which is better.  

I will say that the G2’s build quality is very high and that it sounds better than my Aurender N100H in direct comparison.   I would also offer that Lightning DS (native app to Auralic) sounds better than Roon.  This is a noticeable difference and I speculate it’s because LDS better uses the substantial buffers built into the Auralic unit.

Finally, I will add that the Aries G2 was a bigger upgrade in sound than when I substantially upgraded my DAC.  As always, YMMV.  For me, the source is the more important component.

My $.03 (inflation).
mgrif 

Thank you all for replies, I think streamer comparisons would be interesting and don’t quite understand why I can’t find those. Typically streamers are compared through their internal dacs which is unfortunate.