Awarding the machine, their coveted Outstanding product award, Andrew Everard writes:
“The whole effect on tracks such as ‘Pirates Of The Hebrides’ and ‘Kishorn Commandos’ is one of stumbling into a killer gig in a pub on a Saturday night and not quite believing what you’re hearing.”
“It’s clear that the Aries G2.1 fulfils its task of letting DACs give of their best and this – plus its wide-ranging format/service compatibility and slick Lightning DS app control – make it worthy of very close consideration for use in any serious network-based audio system.”