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No, but I have a Sbooster BOTW in my Uptone Audio Regen connected to the Teac UD 501 Dac, and I think it performes very well. I have use this Sbooster on the Squeezebox Touch with amazing results so I didn't sell it figuring that someday I would use it again. I have though about upgrading the LPS but in the end my choice was the Uptone Regen and USB mini-cable (on the dac) and Audioquest Jitterbug (on the Aries Femto) and connecting both with Audioquest Carbon USB cable.... great sound!

Today I instaled the beta 5.2 firmware on the Aries Femto and although I haven’t listen enough to draw a conclusion about sound quality everything is running ok. My TEAC UD 501 dac shows the high sample rates of the “masters” files on Tidal, and the Lightnind DS shows the MQA logo... but are am I getting better sq as before with fw 4.1?... Does someone have some conclusions?

Do you tried go back to the 4.1.0 firmware to see if all that still happens?

I have a configuration similar to your description, using the TP-Link TL WA 830 RE range extender. It works great but sometimes I need to unplug the TP-Link power supply to force a reset because it seems to block the signal to the Aries and the Ipad. Luckly it always goes to the predefinitions automaticly. Setting up the range extender with the router, also from TP-Link could the a pain... but for the low price I recommend that I try it.

On a "I wish" topic: - I wish that the front panel of the Aries could be more usefull. - And the remote more responsive (my Naim gear has that kind of remote that you can point to everywhere) - As for the LDS, it could have a better search engine... specially outside the Lightning Server. (I never been partial on the looks and the gray metalic plastic color, but there is no point of talking about this now. The new G2 has gone thru the right path)

And with so many newcomers to the business I think that Auralic has to speed up a bit with the reliability problems. But on the other hand the beta versions are free and at users risk. The current 4.1.0. offers so much (for the sensible price that costed) and is working great without problems. The LDS app has showned the Auralic capacity of resolving problems, since it went from a problematic app to a reality enjoyable and stable interface. That said, I admit that I love my Aries Femto and the customer service thru this forum is amazing, connecting the users (between them) and brand the designers and engineers, solving problems in a daily basis. For me it is still the streamer to recommend and the free updates of firmware are one of the stronger points.

I thought much about it but after reading so many reporting failures with the beta I am very hesitant. A great number of the beta testers went back to the 4.1.0. To be fully honest I am scared that it leads also to a hardware fault even when I go back to the current firmware...

Great tip. Thanks

So when do we finally get a stable and improved firmware for the Aries? And I also expect a better sinergy with Tidal on the LDS front: allowing full masters quality and a better and refined search engine. Adding to this I must say that I love the sound of the current Aries

I was getting the same alert: no storage space. Then I just removed both Lightning DS and Lumin apps from my Ipad and instaled them again. Reinstaled my NAS (with 3 Gb of music) and then I cleared the cache of the Tidal connection - inside the LDS app. From 9,6 Gb it now shows only 2,8 Gg used on the Ipad! Let's see if it stays like this for the next days... Note: I had to unistall the LDS before I could install the Lumin, because the Lumin was crashing during install. After removing the LDS all went well.

I am a Aries Femto user and all my questions are about future updates for the existing model... meaning: will the more advanced new model will benefit from features that this current version can take advantage of? I am very happy with the cost / sound quality of my Aries... but the new looks way better.

I will check it... thanks I wonder if my Teac UD 501 DAC need the 5v bus?

Great tip! I have no DIY skills so where I can get a unshielded data only USB cable?

hello Koso I had and have the same gear I experienced coaxial and USB (both cables from the Atlas brand) and because of all the Aries firmware chances in sound quality its hard (and time consuming) to notice any diferences. I keep using USB, also to used the DSD capacity of the Teac. The Aries is a giant leap from the enjoyable Squeezebox Touch (even with EDO 3rd party app) and has an amazing sinergy with the UD-501. best regards

I bought my Aries (full spec) a week before it automatically updated the firmware to the last version. So I only had the chance to listen for a short period but I agree with Fabian44 about SQ... Not an improvement: less body on the instruments and voices, less depth on the sonic picture and somewhat thinner highs. I wish we could go back or had the chance to tune the sound of the Aries...