Arylic audio introduced entire house audio with a funds price ticket into the A/V
world in 2020. We did a complete evaluate of their A50 Bluetooth amplifier together with
their S10 and S50pro preamps. I totally loved the A50 and located it
extremely simple to arrange. It got here with a high-quality DAC and stable construct
high quality. For $170, you might simply stream music through Bluetooth 5.0 to a pair of
audio system that you just already personal.
Should you’re an audiophile like me, you most likely have a pair of older bookshelf
audio system mendacity round that you just wish to arrange in a house workplace or smaller
listening room with out organising a whole receiver. You may take a pair of
passive bookshelf audio system and, with minimal time and really minimal house, get
them powered with the flexibility to stream high-resolution music throughout your
home.
Tony Leotta – Contributing Author, Audioholics
Arylic launched an up to date model of the A50 in 2021 known as the A50+ which
upped the worth to $199. Now in 2023, Arylic has launched their latest model,
the B50 Bluetooth stereo amplifier. Arylic has the B50 priced at $139 which
boggles the thoughts seeing that almost all audio corporations are considerably elevating
their costs on all their latest merchandise.
The A50+ continues to be on the market on Arylic’s web site for $199, so what’s the
distinction between the 2 merchandise? The A50 is barely extra diminutive
in comparison with the brand new B50. However at 7”x6”x2” It’s not just like the B50 is a beast of a
product. At first look, we see many benefits to purchasing the B50 over the
A50, so let’s begin with these. In line with Arylic’s web site, the B50 comes
with Bluetooth 5.2 whereas the A50+ is proscribed to Bluetooth 5.0. The B50 comes
with Bluetooth assist for headphones with the optics HD codec (the A50 does
not). The B50 can wirelessly pair as much as two headphones via Bluetooth, which
is a distinguished characteristic itself for $139. The B50 additionally comes with the
introduction of HDMI ARC. One other distinction between the 2 is an up to date app.
With the A50 I discovered the 4Stream app to be a bit clunky and sometimes opted to only
stream straight from my cellphone via Qobuz through Bluetooth to the
amplifier. The B50 will characteristic Go Management as the brand new app and it will likely be
attention-grabbing to see how properly it integrates itself into the Arylic surroundings.
Each the preamps and the A50 got here with their very own easy remotes. This was a
shocking characteristic for merchandise on this value vary and helped while you didn’t
wish to take out your cellphone to alter the quantity or swap via tracks. The
B50 follows swimsuit with an identical and easy distant of its personal.
Though the B50 doesn’t include a wired ethernet, I used to be additionally glad to see
that the B50 comes with up to date binding posts versus the Phoenix speaker
wire connectors of the A50. If given the selection between wired ethernet or
higher binding posts, I will surely select the latter. The B50 additionally
features a phono enter which is one other good improve over the A50, which simply
has RCA in.
Similarities between the A50+ and the B50 embody 50Wpc x 2, optical in, subwoofer out, a one-year
guarantee and free transport. Each amplifiers additionally include ACPWorkbench,
a home windows software program that allows you to configure and tune your Up2Stream stereo
receiver board and amplifier board.
It has many highly effective instruments so that you can superb tune your
gadgets, skilled customers will discover out it has all of the instruments you ever want
and allow you to have complete management on the system. Even for those who don’t find out about
audio tuning, you possibly can nonetheless simply make adjustments to your system. Since all
adjustments are real-time and you’ll instantly discover the distinction and it has
a straightforward to make use of person interface.
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Conclusion
It took some analysis to determine why B50 appeared to be the higher product
over the A50+ AND price $60 much less. Three phrases: Entire House Audio. The brand new B50
doesn’t work with different Arylic merchandise out of the field. That doesn’t imply you
can’t add an S10 preamplifier (which runs on the 4Stream platform) to attach
to different Arylic merchandise. It’s a $70 improve (on sale), but it surely does provide the
possibility.
Nonetheless, for those who’re trying to merely run a pair of audio system in a house fitness center,
bed room, or exterior patio, shortly and simply off your cellphone or pill, the
$139 Arylic B50 can be onerous to beat.
Until in any other case indicated, it is a preview article for the featured product. A proper evaluate could or could not comply with sooner or later.
