Arylic S50 Pro + Streamer/Preamp. - Is this unit the Streaming Answer? Let's Review! 

I had no hissing sound. And no sound while changing volume. I also did not have problem with volume over 80-85 unless I connect through wifi and play music that is saved on my phone. While streaming or on Bluetooth, did not distort over volume of 85. Good review.

Without Doubt the best review of this streamer I have seen, honest and to the point, Many Thanks & keep up the good work

This is the best review of the S50 Pro i've seen, honest and objective, thank you!

So refreshing to find one more reviewer at its infant stage, where we can get good information without the advertising. Most reviewer started like you providing good information, but eventually they all converted into lets make money out of this, everything we review is magical, you should just go buy it... What a disappointment. So I am glad I found you at this stage, I subscribed and liked the video. I hope this channel can stay like this, just pure honest opinion, not afraid to reject and not recommend something if it is not worth buying it.

Hey Dale, thanks for putting up this video. Seen others review this product here on RU-vid and really appreciate that you actually went into the details of what's good and what's bad. I was close to purchasing the unit, but, have decided to pass on it. Thanks again!

Wonderful review, thats all i wanted to know and I couldnt find on other videos. After all that said honestly (without cloudy interests like 90 % of the RU-vid content), I know its not for me, thanks again!

Your review and honesty is worth my subscription 😉 Stumbled on your channel in my search for a decent streamer. Too bad it skimps/flaws on many important features (for me). I'll skip this one, as I want a minimum of 24/xx output to my DAC.

Hello, thanks for the review, i didn't see it before buying the unit ! Fortunately i don't have the hissing problem when connected via coaxial output to alientek d8 amplifier. I do have the clipping sound when using volume buttons from remote : it's an implemented bip, using 4 streams for volume is ok though. Changing tracks from remote does not make the bip ! Coaxial output is indeed 16/44.1 , so cd quality wich is enough for me actually. Other problem i got after 2 month is that maybe after update i don't have tracks info on the screen, but the screen still works when starting unit. Another drawback is the loud voice saying "connected to wifi network" at startup. My diy raspeberry pi with moode audio does best than this unit as for streaming. Gilles

Great in depth information, a big help in choosing my next purchase. Thanks.

Thanks for the honest review.

Fab Review !! Appreciate the honesty ..

Brilliant review! Please review some more streamers etc. Definitely waiting till you find a high quality streaming device to just took up to a DAC/AMP. Thanks!

Thank you so much for your honest review. I am getting into this hobby at the wrong time. After the pandemic, everything is scarce and over priced. The market is being flooded with all these cheap audio solutions being sold at a premium price, and none of it is really worth it. Yesterday I almost pulled the trigger on the A50+ and now am glad I didn't. You described the same noise and distortion that is very common to all these cheap Chinese amplifiers. Here is my dilemma... I just got the highly regarded Sony entry level passive speakers on sales for $75. But now I need an amp, and now I am paying $20/mo for Tidal, so I also want to make sure I am streaming every single bit of high quality audio out of that service. Because the Pandemic, and all the raving reviews, the normally $99 Sony receiver that matches these speakers is now going for $170. Even if I got that AMP, I know the internal DAC and the built-in Bluetooth feature was not going to take full advantage of the expensive Tidal subscription. That is when the Arylic A50+ became a very attractive solution. A network streamer, with a good built in DAC and its own amplifier that could drive the Sony Speakers I just got, all in one package for just $200. Too good to be true... I was tempted, but I been trying a lot of Amazon Chinese headphones amps and DACs lately, they all exhibit the same flaw, distorted and noisy bad amplifiers that fail prematurely. So, when I have to invest $200 for a little device and then I hear you spilling out the beans about the S50 Pro +, I am glad I did not pulled the trigger on that. The sad part is that no good brand name is creating any streamer that is affordable, anything that is worth buying that can actually not only decode but also output high resolution sound, you can not get for less the $1000, just for the streamer, then you have to worry about the amp and the speakers. So, the hunt continues to find a good streamer / dac / amp solution around $300 for these speakers I have here, that I haven't even taken out of the box and don't even know how they sound. I don't want to go beyond the return period without trying them out, I will probably will have to return them. I got a set of Bestisan power speakers for my desk, they turned out to be excellent sounding speakers but not enough for a living room, but they are my point of reference, now I understand the term reference monitors, anything I get after the Bestisan better out do the Bestisan. And matching an amp to a speaker is not easy task. At times you get lucky with magical pleasing sound, other times you have to keep spending and you never get there. Another reason I want to have a streamer, is to take color factor of the phone or the tablet out of the equation. I love the Bestisan power speakers, but they sound so different depending which device is streaming the music, it is amazing how different my iPad sounds from my iPhone, using the same Tidal app, playing the same song, never mind if I use my TCL android with the ability to use an EQ app, so I wanted to eliminate that factor out of the equation, I want my speakers to sound the same no matter which device I am using as a remote control... For example my old iPhone 6s Plus was a much pleasing sounding device than my current iPhone 7 Plus, night and day difference. The iPad is right in between, but not quite the iPhone 6s Plus. The android gives me the advantage of an equilizer but I can tell it degrades the quality. At this point my best streaming device is my Laptop, I am getting the best quality sound and most musical out of my HP with B&o sound when connected via hard wire through the 3.5mm headphone jack to the back of the power speakers. Nothing else I have in the house can beat that combo so far. But when I go into my living room, I don't want to drag my laptop out of the office just so that I could have good sound, I wish I could have a good streamer in the living room connected to a separate system that sounds pleasing... Any help, suggestions, any ideas, please contribute. Glad I found your channel, lets learn together.

I watched a ton of reviews for this product before this one that were basically sales pitches. This review was by far the best. Easily convinced me to not buy it. If it worked well it would be great value but it sounds like it has way too many caveats. thanks for the great review!

how about output from the optical at the back, still limited at 16/44.1?

Great review m8 and very detailed TX 👍🏻

Great detailed review on Arylic. Thanks!

Thank you for the detailed review. Much appreciated

Great review!

Good review keep up the good work.

thank you from your honest review i think i'd pass on this deal of $220; only need to upgrade my vintage receivers into bluetooth...

Great review. Really hoping this is an answer to my prayers as my Yamaha wxc50, which sounds very good when working, has terrible bluetooth and does not natively support Amazon music unlimited. In fact very few streamers support Amazon music so this looks very interesting.

Sounds like a no go -- thanks for the review! Fwiw I was looking for something where I could add an SSD or USB thumb drive with lots of music (I read on Arylic site that this will only accept 1,000 tracks per USB -- I would want more than that...)

Excellent detailed review

It would be much better if you can show us some demo music clips by this Streamer. THANKS

I just use my LG smart tv for streaming and have my local files on USB stick connected... Use optical out from TV into internal DAC... No need for a streamer.

I don’t really care about the streaming portion of the device, I want to use this more as a preamp. It was kind of difficult to find a preamp with a sub out in this small foot print

Good review 👍

How did u hook them up to your Klipsch powered speakers?

What is the latest firmware? it is with me 4.6.415145.35 from 2022 .04 .27 The update was supposed to be every six months. Volume increases every five points 0-5-10-15-20... it should be every single point 0-1-2-3-4-5... How to fix it? Is it possible to add radio stations that are on the Internet but not on the device? Many internet radio stations are not working.

I was able to connect to TIDAL but I can't see any of my lists or tracks... Same thing with Amazon HD.

I'm not getting HiRes from AmazonHD.... Ohhhh, you mention that. I see. Another question: can I AirPlay Apple music from an android smartphone?

Great Review! I am looking for a quality music streamer for a decent price. Thanks to your review I know that this streamer is a no go. I am looking for a streamer that can out put 24bit up to at least 96KHZ. Any recommendations? I also have the E30 DAC and THX 789 amp.

Nice review! Did I misheard you say the UK price in ‘dollar euros?’ 😆

hey - great review - can you use this as the volume control of a system? I have an apple TV (which only have line level output) and old pre-amp with a manual dial and powered speakers and at present cant control the volume remotely. The TV i use also does not alow cotrol of the volume of any external speakers?

good job thanx

interesting info. ty mate!

Hi, thanks for the video. Can you clarify? So the digital outputs are limited to 16bit - which seems nuts. But what if you are just passing analogue? Does that conversion benefit from the 24bit decode or is it also only feeding from the 16bit bottleneck? Appreciate any thoughts on this. Also for a turntable do you need to bring a separate pre-amp or is the integrated amp sufficient? Thanks again!

Can you inform bitrate from Coaxial output ? only 16 bit/11KHz or more? thank you

When you mention it has WiFi u you only talk about Airplay. I don’t use Airplay but I just need a way to connect to my home WiFi. I’m using the Eeros meshing system. Will this unit do that? Also does the app have Pandora? Thxs Neal

I like your critical point of view ;) However I have one question about this unit I cannot find explained anywhere: can I connect it to multiple small bluetooth speakers and expect they will play same thing at the same time (without delays) when I stream the music also via bluetooth (eg. from my smartphone) ?

Thanks for that. What streamer did you end up with? I'm at the shortlist stage of upgrading from a Yamaha R-N602 so any suggestions for better amp/dac/streamer will be most welcome. Trying to keep total spend within £1K. Cheers

Thanks for the detailed review Sir. I just have a question please, will it decode a dolby/dts audio from tv/blu-ray connected to it thru optical input? I only have stereo set-up I'm using an old stereo receiver and planning to just use this for its dac and streaming capabilities. Thanks

Did you find any solution to the hissing? I thought that a combo of this and the Iotavx pa3 looked really good, but since you tested that combo and said that there was hissing I now don't know. Do you know why the hissing appeared?

Thanks for the review!!! I am looking for a streaming like this but after heard your complains probably it is not for me. Could you recommend me a good streaming for listening Tidal without break my bank account? Many thanks!!!! Regards from Argentina!

Damn it, I thought it was a high res seyup. Just bought one. To hear it is 44.1 is disappointing.

Interesting gadget. How does it affect the sound quality?

is this also a amplifier? can i connect this to a passive set of speaker? or do I need to get the a50+ too?

Can I use it as a preamp and amp?

A subwoofer input, wow

where is this brand from?

They should add a watch to the device. It could show time and wake me up.

Mine runs silent, no hiss.

Sorry but ur voice is very hard to listen too… it called lip slapping, try to figure out how to record so you don’t hear it…