Auralic Aries

[PhilP]

I understood that main advantage of streamers over computer-based sources was meant to be their ease and simplicity of use. Allowing users to pull together music from many different sources without having the hassle of worrying about software installs and incompatibility , hardware performance etc. I've been following the Auralic Aries thread on Computeraudiophile with interest as the product seems to promise so much but there are so many negative comments about the poor quality of the control software (Lightning DS) that there seems to be little point in trying the product until the initial bugs have been fixed. I've also seen on this forum and elsewhere negative comments about the Simaudio Moon control software.

If the streamer manufacturers can't offer better software solutions than the compter-based competitors like Audirvana, Amarra, Jriver etc then there seems to be little future for them.