Aries over USB sounds as good to me as AIR over Ethernet.. Aries with a AES/EBU cable sounds a bit better.. I'm currently auditioning various AES/EBU cables.
I'm using coax out of the Sonos
Yes the LessLoss added body and some bloom to the 200
I haven't run the Dev straight from the wall, but my experience with Shunyata's on some other much higher powered gear is the one thing Hydra's absolutely don't do is squash dynamics.
Erik
I'm very happy with the Aries.. Although AIR is nice I just didn't care to have to fiddle with my iMac to listen to music.. with the Aries I can just plop down and listen, no need to get involved with the computer..SQ is as good as AIR if not better. I haven't tried Qobuz or Tidal.. I do use the Radio function which works fine.. I do hope that Auralic implements Pandora someday, I like to just have that just playing throughout the day for background music.. but my Sonos does that just fine. As for reliability it's been pretty much rock stable.. I use the Aries on 5g wifi and it's never dropped out yet, either streaming 16/44 or up to 24/192
Overall very happy with the Aries.. It's not perfect but for the money it's a damn nice unit, and Auralic is dedicated to making it better.
Erik
I'm using coax out of the Sonos
Yes the LessLoss added body and some bloom to the 200
I haven't run the Dev straight from the wall, but my experience with Shunyata's on some other much higher powered gear is the one thing Hydra's absolutely don't do is squash dynamics.
Erik
(27-Dec-2014, 23:29)wikeeboy Wrote: Hi Erik
Love your system, very clean!
Since buying my d200 I have only been feeding it with a w4s sonos like yours but have been wondering what other sources sound like in comparison. How does the Aries over USB sound into the d200?
Are you using optical or coax out of the sonos?
Does the lessloss pc have much effect on the d200?
Have you tried running the d200 straight from the wall as opposed to through the shunyata? Does the shunyata squash the dynamics at all?
Thanks
I'm very happy with the Aries.. Although AIR is nice I just didn't care to have to fiddle with my iMac to listen to music.. with the Aries I can just plop down and listen, no need to get involved with the computer..SQ is as good as AIR if not better. I haven't tried Qobuz or Tidal.. I do use the Radio function which works fine.. I do hope that Auralic implements Pandora someday, I like to just have that just playing throughout the day for background music.. but my Sonos does that just fine. As for reliability it's been pretty much rock stable.. I use the Aries on 5g wifi and it's never dropped out yet, either streaming 16/44 or up to 24/192
Overall very happy with the Aries.. It's not perfect but for the money it's a damn nice unit, and Auralic is dedicated to making it better.
Erik
(28-Dec-2014, 07:11)amabrok Wrote: sweet and spot on color matching
I am also interested to know about your experience with Auralic Aeris. SQ, functionality, reliability, and how is the integrated streaming service of Qobuz implemented?
