WiFi & Bluetooth Music Streamer Receiver | Arylic S10+ | Airplay DLNA UPnP | Multi-Room Sync | Spotify, Tidal, TuneInRadio, iHeartRadio, Deezer etc | LAN Connection | 24bit 192kHz Decoding

Something good in a small package. After having to return a TIBO unit on grounds of poor quality, I thought I’d be saving up the £500 for a Bluesound Node 2i. Until I found the Arylic S10. At half the price of the TIBO, I was slightly suspicious of the very positive reviews, but thought it worth the gamble. Thus far I am astonished by how good this little box has proved to be, at least for my needs.The Pros -The Arylic is smaller than it looks on the page and would not quite cover an adult palm, lengthways. it is light and all plastic, but seems well constructed. I’m using it primarily to stream from my NAS drive, controlled by my iPad or iPhone, into a Denon AVRX 300 and out of KEF surround sound speakers. Mostly, using the front wall mounted speakers for stereo. Setup was easy, with none of the usual jiggery-pokery. Just push a button and enter the password at the right time. So far, I’ve had it running via Ethernet, WiFi and Bluetooth. Every app on the iPad that is capable of AirPlay or a Bluetooth connection has worked flawlessly, with no real lag. Spotify, Deezer, NAS based music, TuneIn Radio, etc, etc. Only when using iPad based musical instruments could I detect any lag at all, at that was so minimal it is not an issue.Using the iPad to contact the NAS, and Bluetooth to send to the Denon seems the best option. But Ethernet is also sounding good and mostly solid. It may be imagination but the Ethernet connection sounds a little better to me than the Bluetooth. There were one or two small glitches when using WiFi, but nothing to ruin the entertainment. WifI is registering as 29%, which is odd as the Arylic is sitting right next to a Roku 2, which latches onto the same WiFi at near full strength.The remote is a dinky little device, without batteries. Also, the remote has a button labelled ‘Opt In’ which may confuse some people as the Arylic does NOT have an optical in or out port. What this button does is invoke the Ethernet connection. I am running mine into a Netgear Wi-Fi range extender, as that works much better than the Arylic’s internal WiFi. The middle button on the Arylic remote invokes its own WifI. Next to that is a button marked BT. Not a link to British Telecom, just the way to invoke Bluetooth mode. Handily, the remote also includes power on/off and mute buttons.The Cons -Other reviews stated that the Arylic came with a US style power brick. So I ordered up a USB UK plug, only to find that Arylic now include a similar plug in the box. The Arylic also comes with bog standard cables to connect to an amp, but I provided my own for better quality. 4STREAM, the free app to control the Arylic is okay, and way better than the junk that controls TIBO units, but I can find no way when using it to turn the Arylic off. For that I must resort to the remote.One point it may be worth making for those who also own a Roku device, is that the Roku remote triggers the Arylic when certain buttons are pushed. Usually just turning it on. This is an irritation, but the quick fix is to use apps to control both devices (except for switching off the Arylic).Longevity is, obviously, something I cannot yet comment on, but will amend this review if there are any problems. Otherwise assume it remains working well.Thus far, I can strongly recommend the Arylic S10 for anyone who wants to pump NAS and Internet based audio into their stereo amp or AV controller. It might not satisfy the ears of an audiophile with deep pockets, but for most people the sound will be more than good enough.

I was looking for a way of experiencing Tidal Hifi and knew it couldn’t be done via Bluetooth, after a quick trawl through Amazon I found several streaming devices that would enable WiFi streaming. Being a budget conscious kinda guy I thought I’d give this one a go, although the cheapest its reviews were pretty good. Well it turns out it works perfectly, fairly simple to set up and once done connected it to my hifi system via the supplied cable,I then logged into to Tidal through the app and boom!! tunes of the quality I’ve never heard before. Well pleased with the quality of the device and its ease of use, this was money very well spent.

The remote is infrared and not very powerful, it needs good line of sight to work.The app doesn’t have some basic features, like shuffling an apple playlist, but it does play music even if you are using audio for something else, which is nice if you want to play music all day long.It doesn’t cope well with music which is mixed there is a small gap between each song.There is a lag when streaming video and music through Apple AirPlay which makes videos a bit hard to watch.I have had an update for the software, this shows they still pay to keep it functional.I am connecting it to old, good quality, stereo and the sound quality is really quite good I would say it’s as good as using a headphone jack on my old iPhone.All in all I am pleased with the purchase.

Very good little unit, streaming functionality and the 4Stream app both v good (this is used by a number of brands so is well supported). As a second system its set up with optical out to a Naim DAC, sound is impressive and while limited to 96KHz vs hi res @ 192KHz it's great for nearly everything, for £59 amazing value, we can hardly can tell difference to the main system streamer which was over 20 times more expensive....which is rather thought provoking!