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Cuba, Havana
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690 Review
58 Karma

Review on ๐Ÿ“ถ Advanced Arylic WiFi & Bluetooth Home Amplifier - 50+50W Stereo Channel, Airplay 1 DLNA, Multiroom Sync - Up2stream A50+ by Brant Watson

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Google Home, Roku, Spotify links. mute button.

As you can see my setup is a composite (RCA) setup for my Ubuntu desktop with an 8" Kenwood woofer pointing in the corner. GOOGLE HOME SETUP: Google's 7-inch white home screen has this set as its default speakers via Bluetooth to play Music and My Prayer on Giggles' Home Routine acrylic amp each morning, and also at noon for a quick 15-minute YouTube workout through Routine. ROKU TV SETUP: For the TV in the room, I use the Roku app and connect to the Acrylic Receiver via Bluetooth 5 to stream Hisense Roku TV audio to the 2.1 setup on my desk. BLUETOOTH: See screenshot of BT profile used when connecting to Acrylic Soundsystem. SBC? I was hoping for AptX or AAC. Unfortunately, I can't say what the maximum bit rate is. You may see this when playing uncompressed WAV files, but Spotify limits the compression rate to 320 kbps. The quality is definitely better through the Audiostream app, as the Acrylic Receiver connects directly to the Spotify API compared to streaming via Bluetooth. NOISE: I definitely hear minimal noise in the BT and Composite inputs when nothing is playing. If I don't press the mute button on the remote control. Spotify (wifi) sometimes plays while I work, which is controlled via the Acrylic Android app and plays in the best quality that Spotify supports, which isn't the best. I'm not sure about the efficiency of the Celestion, but it doesn't look like the amp is clipping.

Pros
  • GOLS certified
Cons
  • For old

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June 21, 2023
Why would anyone buy a Sonos over this? Not me. Not unless I had money to burn