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  1. I can second this opinion. I have both the previous generation Vega and the new Vega G2 in my system right now. The new G2, in addition to being in a fancy casework, is in a whole different league soundwise, with much improved details, soundstage, transparency, and dynamics. To me, it was worth every penny.
  2. My unit is the Vega G2 Streamer/DAC, although the streaming function is quite limited. Since my single music library source is on a Synology NAS, the streamer via Ethernet input was enough to get me going. I was quite pleasantly surprised that the Lightning DS App loaded my 12 TB library in 5 minutes. Previously I was using the Lumin Control App on the same iPad and it was noticeably slower than the Auralic Lightning DS App. So far everything was running smoothly with no glitch and or noise. I changed songs with varying sampling rates often and things are loaded within 2 to 3 seconds with no issues. My unit retails for US $5,700 or in my country Canadian $7,740. I have been told that the Aries G2 will make the Vega G2 sound even better with the Lightning Link between the 2 units. I will wait and see what Chris at this Forum has to say about this.
  3. An early Christmas present to myself, just upgraded my Auralic Vega DAC to the new Vega G2 Series. Thanks to my friendly dealer Audio By Mark Jones, who managed to score 2 new units, while much of the world has to wait until January 2018 for the factory to catch up with demands. Upon opening the box, the build quality is immediately evident in the beautiful finish. The unity chassis is machined from a single billet of aluminium, which takes 6 hours to machine a single unit. A pair of white gloves is supplied so you do not get fingerprints on the silken finish. The retina resolution display is gorgeous with the jewel-like machine case. It took less than 5 minutes for the Auralic Lightning DS control App to load in my 320,000 songs library and I was streaming music from my network NAS in 15 minutes. The original Vega DAC was universally praised for its transparent dynamic sound. Auralic has managed to retain all the strengths of the original Vega and elevated them by several notches. The Vega G2 DAC is not just an update of the original Vega, it is a complete re-design from the ground up by the team at Auralic, with over 2 years of R&D invested. This is one seriously high-end DAC, packing all the latest digital technologies and ESS DAC chip customized for Auralic. Transparency, details, explosive dynamics, huge soundstage, rich timbral purity, natural instrument decays and all the characters an audiophile looks for in a high-end DAC are all here. As an audiophile, the best audio components are those that make me sit up and take notice whenever a musical passage is presented with the purity and absolute resolution of the original instruments. This DAC does it for me. I have heard several high-end DACs costing well over 5 figures in the past, this Vega G2 can keep up with the best of them. I believe that this Auralic Vega G2 is punching well above its own weight. I have been listening to this DAC for 3 days and I cannot stop listening to it with a wide grin on my face, that’s probably the best compliment I can give to this phenomenal DAC. Well done AURALiC.
  4. Can't wait. Will be nice to see an unbiased and professional review. So far there has been no official listening impressions of the new G2 series by new owners on the web.
  5. This review of the G2 series in German says the same about both components sounding better. Just Google translate it. https://audiosaul.de/auralic-aries-g2-und-vega-g2/ BTW, my Vega G2 arrives late next week. I will wait to decide whether I need the Aries G2 as I am purely streaming from a NAS.
  6. Please see this thread. Xuanqian from Auralic claimed that Vega G2 with Aries G2 sound better. https://community.auralic.com/t/auralic-g2-series-upgrade-path/930
  7. Dear Xuanqian, My dealer informed me that only black units are available for the Vega G2. I truly believe that Auralic will miss out on many sales simply because silver is not offered as a finish. I know at least 3 audiophiles who have said they will not buy the black finish because it does not go with the rest of their gear. Hope you will reconsider offering this silver option.
  8. Hi Xuanqian, There are three of us in our audiophile group who are happy owners of Auralic Vega and Aries. We are all waiting for the new G2 series with anticipation. A couple of questions, if we were to upgrade from a Vega and Aries to the Vega G2 which is both a streamer and DAC, do we still need the Aries G2? If yes, then what are the benefits. Secondly, will the Vega G2 come in silver finish, all three of us prefer the silver to the black. Keep up the good work. Believe me, there are more believers than doubters out there.
  9. Hi, I have two laptops at home running two independent Jriver music file libraries (MC20 Mac version) in different part of the house. Laptop 1 - connected to a Drobo 5N NAS Laptop 2 - connected to a locally attached Drobo 5S and I can see the NAS through the home wireless router I would like to sync the music files on both the NAS and the local USB drive, so when I add music files to one HDD, the other can get updated automatically. I would like to use the local drive to serve as a backup of my NAS music files. I tried the Library Sync function and it did not seem to do what I want here. I am not running two libraries from the same NAS. Any suggestions as to how to maintain two synced music files on separate drives? Thanks
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