The Aries I think will do justice to the excellent DAC section of the VOX.
The headamp section of the VOX is pulling back what the DAC can do. At the beginning I thought it was OK. But later I felt that I doesn't give me the oomph I wanted for my headphones. This was also
@DarKu 's findings along with its preamp section. And thinking for future upgrade, an opportunity came on the FS section on an amp I had my sights for sometime with a very good price.
With Mullards E188CC its already rich and natural. Haven't placed my '74 and '75 Reflektor 6N23P SWGP silver shield tubes yet.
My face sometimes hurts for smiling...(kidding). But yeah!
Edit: I have an Audio Zenith PMx2 ver.2 as main and an HD600 as backup for headphones.