Bluesound node vs Auralic Aries Femto

[dfarina]

Hoping someone could chime in with their opinion.Locally I can pick up one of the above streamers,an older Auralic Aries Femto or the current Bluesound node.I prefer a warmer sound,so that sort of makes me lean towards the Bluesound from the information I could find.Thoughts?

 

[tesarpa]

Well, you're comparing digital transport (Aries) against streamer including analog output (Node). You won't get any"sound" in analog terms from Aries, but I bet that as digital transport it should be in higher league than Node.
Sound to your preferences is created in downstream components, ie DAC, amplifier and headphones.