Auralic Vega G2.1 Streaming DAC
Auralic Vega G2.1 Streaming DAC
Auralic Vega G2.1 Streaming DAC
Auralic Vega G2.1 Streaming DAC
Auralic Vega G2.1 Streaming DAC

Auralic Vega G2.1 Streaming DAC

Regular price$12,495.00
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The VEGA G2.1 is first and foremost a performance-focused DAC. Every aspect of the VEGA G2.1’s engineering has been designed to push the boundaries of sonic performance, reshaping data into a vibrant, emotionally rewarding musical performance — but its engineering is only half the story. The always-evolving architecture of the VEGA G2.1 combines high-end DAC performance and feature-rich online streaming, emerging as the heart of your digital source. While it may not house the ARIES G2.1 server capabilities, VEGA G2.1 streaming is based on the Lightning Streaming framework, so favorite AURALiC features like On-Device Playlists, Memory Caching, Gapless Playback, and Bit-Perfect Multi-Room are all at your fingertips. With support for every audiophile format and resolution up to 32bit 384khz PCM and DSD512, the stellar VEGA G2.1 is the embodiment of what high-resolution digital-to-analog conversion should be.

Unity Chassis II

The G2.1 Series casework now features a double enclosure, or “chassis-within-a-chassis,” where the outer casework is manufactured from high-grade aluminum and an additional internal enclosure is made from copper. These design revisions enhance EMI shielding, providing an audible improvement to performance. A new, sculpted metal base provides a high-mass, heavyweight foundation for the G2.1/GX.1 series, bonded to the enhanced four-foot assembly. This substantial base adds overall mass to the product and further builds on AURALiC’s modest elegance and improves the sound of the product overall.

Enhanced Suspension System

The balanced weight distribution design found internally in the original G2/GX layout remains unchanged, but a newly designed suspension spike system further isolates the product from external mechanical vibration. Potentially harmful vibrations are absorbed within the six-coiled-spring, acoustically calibrated core of each foot, with each spring tuned to a different tension point, resulting in greater sound clarity and a more open sound field through vibration damping at separate frequencies, yet again providing for enhanced sonic performance.

Circuit Optimizations

While external changes to the series are certainly welcome, internal circuitry modification couldn’t be ignored. For the ARIES G2.1, the USB output has been transformed into a more universal category of application, allowing for a broad level of compatibility across most manufacturers’ USB inputs. The HDD port, for local hard drive connectivity, has been given a power boost to handle a broad range of USB drives requiring higher power delivery. These optimizations have extended the potential feature sets of the products.

CD Playback and ripping – the latest from Lightning streaming

We couldn’t ignore the importance of additional features offered by the tried and tested Lightning OS, now in its seventh iteration. As requested by our customers, Lighting OS 7.0 will provide CD playback with optional ripping capabilities. Customers can use a CD drive connected via USB to the AURALiC product. Lightning’s CD function will read each disk sector several times to ensure ultimate data accuracy, then save to memory cache prior to playback. This makes for a completely jitter-free CD playback experience, besting other standalone CD players at far higher prices. As for ripping, while you may already have the lion’s share of your CD collection stored on a drive or NAS of some kind, the ability to comfortably add CD albums to your library on occasion will add a welcome utility to your AURALiC setup. This feature will work with any of our ARIES (Not ARIES Mini), ALTAIR and POLARIS variants. Simply connect a CD drive via USB to one of the capable AURALiC products and begin to play back or rip your CDs.

SPECIFICATIONS

BENCHMARK

Frequency Response: 20 - 20KHz, +/- 0.1dB*
 THD+N: < 0.00012% (XLR); < 0.00015% (RCA), 20Hz-20KHz at 0dBFS
 Dynamic Range: 130dB, 20Hz-20KHz, A-weighted

STREAMING FILE FORMAT

Lossless: AIFF, ALAC, APE, DIFF, DSF, FLAC, OGG, WAV and WV
 Lossy: AAC, MP3, MQA and WMA

SAMPLING RATE

PCM: 44.1KHz to 384KHz in 32Bit**
 DSD: DSD64(2.8224MHz), DSD128(5.6448MHz), DSD256(11.2896MHz), DSD512(22.57892MHz)***

CONTROL SOFTWARE

AURALiC Lightning DS for iOS
 AURALiC Lightning DS for web browser (device setting only)
 OpenHome compatible control software (BubbleUPnP, Kazoo)
 Roon (Roon Core required separately)

AUDIO INPUTS

Digital Inputs: Lightning-Link, AES/EBU, Coaxial, Toslink, USB Audio
Analog Inputs: RCA Line-stage (2Vrms maximum)
Streaming Inputs: uPnP/DLNA Media Server, native TIDAL and Qobuz Sublime+ streaming, AirPlay, Spotify Connect, Internet Radio, RoonReady

AUDIO OUTPUTS

Balanced: XLR (4.8Vrms at 0dBFS, output impedance 5ohm)
 Unbalanced: RCA (4.8Vrms at 0dBFS, output impedance 50ohm)
 Headphone: 6.35mm Headphone Jack (output impedance 5ohm)

NETWORK

Wired: Gigabit Ethernet

POWER CONSUMPTION

Playback: 50W at max.

DIMENSIONS - W X D X H

13.4 x 12.6 x 3.7 in. (34cm x 32cm x 9.6cm)

WEIGHT

21.0 lbs (9.5kg)

PRODUCT FINISHING

Anodized aluminum case in matte black with copper EMI shielding enclosure.

CONTENTS

AURALiC VEGA G2.1 Streaming DAC
Power cord
USB Cable
Lightning-Link Cable
User's guide

* Tested under Filter Mode Precise for all sampling rate
 ** 352.8KHz and 384KHz and 32bit are supported through streaming, USB and Lighting-Link input only
 *** By 'DoP V1.1' or native DSD protocol through streaming, USB and Lightning-Link input only

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