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Auralic Aries G2.2 - Market-Worthy or Not?

I have an Aries G2.2 and am debating what to do with it, considering Auralic is no more.  It sounds fantastic. It still works. But thinking of moving on in the event support for the software breaks.

I’ve seen others say that third party apps like Bubble UP&P and Roon will continue to work with it.

I’m considering moving on, and don’t expect much.

Is this even possible considering that each unit is tied to a particular user?

Should I de-authorize myself? Or do nothing as it doesn’t matter?

Thinking it might not matter as the server that tracks users may not even exist anymore?

Any advice or shred experiences from Auralic owners is appreciated.

As an aside - it is a shame as this unit sounds absolutely fantastic.

 

 

nyev
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jjss49
6,920 posts
 

auralic streamers do sound superb, and are exceptionally well built

i have chosen to keep my various auralic units -- the lightning app is stable, roon works great, there are many useful and practical control options (4 very audiblly relevant filter setting, oversampling, and so on) -- auralics have also optimized their wifi connectivity whereas so many other top tier streamers allow hardwire lan only

one downside to mention is that the aries streamers do not have i2s, which is the fashionable connection protocol adopted by many newer dacs, so those who play 'the newest greatest dac of the month' game may not like this aspect

i personally am not concerned or fixated about some money tied up in the auralic streamers though of course their used values have dropped considerably (from pretty pricey levels when the company was operating)

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mattmiller
1,620 posts
 

Do you think I would get rid of my OPPO 105 just because they stopped making them years ago? I think not! If your happy with the Auralic then use it til you cant anymore. I come from the "If its not broke ,dont fix it" camp. 

 

P.S. if you must the only real option IMO is a Aurender music server using a DAC of your choice. If you think the Auralic sounded good....This is a whole new level, plus you get to play around with different DAC’s , what fun:-)

 

https://aurender.com/home/n20/

 

 

Matt M

pureclarity
91 posts
 

I agree with not too much resale value or updates. However as an auralic owner, they are extremely well built and sound awesome.  If you want to consider trading it for full resale value, try ps audio. I’ve heard good things about their dac and air lens streamer 

easystreamer
119 posts
 

You have at least a year or two to go before needing to replace. By then who knows what will be available so I would just ride it out like I am doing with my Altair G1.1. I am use it as a DAC only. Sounds great.

Also, the user registration is not a problem for resale. I never registered my unit to begin with but others thought it was required to use the device or get the warranty.

nyev OP
1,033 posts
 

Thanks for the responses. Agreed, it does sound very good! Very low noise floor, black backgrounds etc.  And I don’t care about I2S for now. Did a direct comparison between AES and USB on the G2.2 and found very little difference (using Network Acoustics Muon Pro for both).

Guess I can keep the G2.2 a little while longer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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