The competition doesn't sleep

My dealer says: CD version expected to be available from June 1st, 2025.
Worth a try!

Edit: Not for me! I don't like these colourful mouse cinemas. Display is enough for me. But quite sure this will have a strong market.
 
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not a really great 'what hifi' day for the competition. two out of five stars sound rating in this infamous publication for the play cd edition is at least a little slap. 😂

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Very happy nowadays with my Marantz M1 pure digital (PCM->PWM, with global feedback [non-load-dependent frequency response], no DAC stage at all) streaming power amp with DIRAC Live.

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Supports Qobuz Connect, UPnP, and eARC. For ARC input it fully downmixes the LFE channel to stereo from Dolby Digital+. Literally does everything I need, and sounds amazing. One box to do it all. And I paid under $800 shipped, can be under $1,000 all-in once you add limited range DIRAC Live (goes up to 500Hz and I’m only correcting 12.5-300Hz anyway). I was a dunce and paid for the full-range DIRAC only to find out that it sounds like poo when corrected up to 1000Hz. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

-Ed
 
castalla said:
Looks like the rather expensive AURALIC devices are no longer with us as the company has ceased trading
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Is this stuff for a new thread called "The competition sleeps"? :unsure:

Luckily, Arylic are still with us. I could never tell apart which is which anyway. :p

www.arylic.com

Arylic® - Best Wireless Home Stereo Amplifier, Preamp, DIY Audio Kits.

Arylic® specializes in the development and sale of wireless home stereo amplifier, preamp, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth amplifier, speaker receiver, speakers, DIY audio kits. Create multi-room audio system with our smart amp via Wi-Fi and Airplay. Enjoy high-quality music everywhere in your home.
www.arylic.com www.arylic.com

If I sound a little sour or cynic ... well, maybe yes. The only time I got interested in an all-in-one Arylic Acrylic Aureillüc Aurelic AURALIC device I had to learn that it's not usable with an Android phone, but Apple only. Thanks, but no, thanks.
 
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harkpabst said:
Is this stuff for a new thread called "The competition sleeps"? :unsure:

Luckily, Arylic are still with us. I could never tell apart which is which anyway. :p

www.arylic.com

Arylic® - Best Wireless Home Stereo Amplifier, Preamp, DIY Audio Kits.

Arylic® specializes in the development and sale of wireless home stereo amplifier, preamp, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth amplifier, speaker receiver, speakers, DIY audio kits. Create multi-room audio system with our smart amp via Wi-Fi and Airplay. Enjoy high-quality music everywhere in your home.
www.arylic.com www.arylic.com

If I sound a little sour or cynic ... well, maybe yes. The only time I got I terested in an all-in-one Arylic Acrylic Aureillüc Aurelic device I had to learn that it's not usable with an Android phone, but Apple only. Thanks, but no, thanks.
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I must have always confused the two companies as well since I was surprised when I saw Arylic's prices were lower than I expected 😂
 
I had an arylic streamer almost 10 years ago. Played with it & it's been in the box ever since.

There's a long (winded) thread on the Naim users forum about the demise of Auralic - I guess the fear is that these expensive brands are all under threat as their client market dies off, and few are prepared to pay over the odds for something a smartphone does quite well. Most ordinary music fans seem happy with paid streaming and Bluetooth headphones
 
Decided I wasn’t happy with using Audirvāna/my laptop to play my personal library (over UPnP) to the M1, and also wanted native Apple Music support. Decided to splurge on an Eversolo T8, which is hooked up to the M1 via optical. Playing/listening with it now. If I find myself happy with it after living with it for the next couple of weeks, I’ll keep it and order a USB CD drive to attach for playing/ripping my CDs, which I have an extensive collection of just sitting around collecting dust.

So far pretty good. The app is way better than BluOS or HEOS, the closest to the WiiM Home App that I’ve tried so far in terms of both, intuitiveness and reliability.

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EddNog said:
Decided I wasn’t happy with using Audirvāna/my laptop to play my personal library (over UPnP) to the M1, and also wanted native Apple Music support. Decided to splurge on an Eversolo T8, which is hooked up to the M1 via optical. Playing/listening with it now. If I find myself happy with it after living with it for the next couple of weeks, I’ll keep it and order a USB CD drive to attach for playing/ripping my CDs, which I have an extensive collection of just sitting around collecting dust.

So far pretty good. The app is way better than BluOS or HEOS, the closest to the WiiM Home App that I’ve tried so far in terms of both, intuitiveness and reliability.

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I've got a Play. Plugged in a 25 euro CD usb & it played immediately with metadata on screen. Haven't tried the cd ripper app. Works well with Lyrion Music Server as a Squeezebox player.
 
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Couldn’t care less about SFP; WiFi works and sounds great. I have exactly ZERO issues with the NVMe drive so far, no idea why he has issues with it.

Couldn’t possibly be happier with my T8.

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Sorry, I did not want to make you sad 😉
 
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