Is this the BEST 2.1 Amplifier Board? DSP, DAC and Fiber Optic?

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Is this the best 2.1 amplifier board? I have reviewed a lot of 2.1 amplifier board in my times. And it never fails that it is missing or lacking a feature that I really really want. Is it possible that this 2.1 amplifier board by Arylic has finally hit all the major features? IS this finally the best 2.1 amplifier board? Find out in this video as I review the Arylic 2.1 Amplifier board.
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@naturalverities 3 жыл бұрын

A Swiss Army Amp... I like it!

@TJ_1999 3 жыл бұрын

First of all, great video. I have this 2.1 amp and the new mono amp for a boombox I built a couple of weeks ago. Im very impressed of what they are capable of. For such a little price you get amps with BT WIFI and Multiroom support and you can program the DSP Chip. With that I made some Room corrections to my 2.1 System. Moreover with the remote Control you have a lot of options. You can also activate a so called deep bass function which lets your Subwoofer shake the ground. Arylic does a very good Job!!!

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice!

@user-xb4nn6ql5l 3 жыл бұрын

Happy new year, mate! Thanks fir all the awesome content in 2020

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Happy New Year to you too!

@IrreverentSOB Жыл бұрын

Excellent channel, I'm glad I found it !

@Toid Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@anandshah71 3 жыл бұрын

Great intro another great option raspberry pi with allo piano 2.1 DAC and volt+ amp

@francescotrevisan4453 3 жыл бұрын

an amplifier review that talks about everything ... but the actual sound quality? It's like getting excited about looking at a sport car instead of about driving it. I would love to see a video in which you take this board and program it to flatten out the curve of the extend range speakers you tested recently and do an actual sound test. tks

@TobyIKanoby 3 жыл бұрын

I already have 3 of those :) I am hearing this video through one

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Have you need around with the DSP yet? I find it incredibly satisfying

@TobyIKanoby 3 жыл бұрын

@@Toid Not yet, maybe I should already. My biggest gripe up to now was the crossover, as far as I knew it wasn't possible to change the crossover in the program contrary to what you say in the video. I am guessing they added this in a recent update? It is kind of fun to see the progress Arylic is making, the app is getting more stable, the new little expansion boards are great for versatility,...

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

@@TobyIKanoby absolutely. That's one of the reasons why I really love this company. They don't just sit idle with their products. They continue to improve them. And I really appreciate that. Not a lot of companies do that anymore

@TobyIKanoby 3 жыл бұрын

@@Toid Yeah I hope they keep on coming up with new possibilities and keep on refining current products and their features. BTW you can also adjust de crossover by pressing 5 seconds on either the bass or treble knobs to go down or up 10 Hz (there are some more functions with those knobs).

@rickc2222 3 жыл бұрын

no mention of what amp chip it uses...TPA3116? (found buried deep in their Q&A: it is a TPA3116). what DAC Chip? noise levels? and to get max power they recommend 24v 8a power supply.... but the much more common 5a power supplies should be plenty for most imho...Regardless, this is really cool. i bought a couple cheaper TPA3116 2.1 amps and they had a lot of hiss noise - managed to modify them thanks to a wonderful wizard posting an awesome how to, but it definitely was not worth all the work, so i would gladly pay a bit more like the $99 of this item if the noise and quality are decent.

@josephsaucedo8691 3 жыл бұрын

This board with a mini on a lp210 amp board some tang bands and a sound bar almost sounds like 5.2 surround sound build with 20hz sub woofer.💯👍✌️👌 Can't wait 👀

@MrBrymstond 3 жыл бұрын

Most excellent.

@williamtomkiel8215 3 жыл бұрын

for the 2.1 at those wpc, I could see using some sub design from BFM, a TT or something with exceptional efficiency l/r is open

@peterrabbitwarren 3 жыл бұрын

Happy new year Nick. Back to work already! Looks like a great little amp. I'm trying to shift some really nice surround speakers but no ones really interested. Thinking to add a small BT 2.1 amp and make them powered because thats what the market wants.

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

That would be a pretty sweet idea

@brianraulerson5037 3 жыл бұрын

Well, this would kill the budget on my $100 soundbar project but it looks like it would be a great upgrade if there is some wiggle room in the budget. Getting rid of crossover components would help the budget too. I'll do some more figuring now. Another great review. Thanks!

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. That sound bar was sick. Your painting is on par!

@LynchDaddy78 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I think I'll use this for my own DeWalt box I'm planning to build soon. I've got a DeWalt Planer plastic box that I've had laying around. It's bigger than the 1 you built, so I can use bigger speakers and get better sound. I like your videos and recommend you to my maker friends. Cheers 🥃

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks James! When you're finished make sure to share your project. I would love to see it. You can share it on the Facebook group page or the forum www.toidsdiyaudio.com

@LynchDaddy78 3 жыл бұрын

@@Toid Will do.

@Windycitysmokers 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like it could be a game changer for the Dinas

@roygriend5143 3 жыл бұрын

Fxtremes have amps with dsp and one of them is a 4 Channel x 50 watt rms. Check out the site it have good reviews

@eatmy888 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff. Now that I just bought 2 wifi speakers.... grrr But I have no excuse to have such a 2.1 ch project on go drawboard soon. Thanks

@overbuiltautomotive1299 2 жыл бұрын

cool board one thing ill never use is fiber optics in audio just seems silly to me

@Uplinkpr0 3 жыл бұрын

Still waiting for a good ICEpower 2.1 setup for desktop use

@weldchip 3 жыл бұрын

It looks like a nice little board but it suffers just like all the other boards only 30w at 8ohms, if it had been 50w at 8ohm then it would be a winner for me and I would have ordered one immediately. I think it would be fine in a little boom box but my intended uses is to retrofit an old pair of mission m71i bookshelf speakers and add a little sub for the garage.

@nickparkin8527 3 жыл бұрын

I have a 2.1 from parts express. It only has one power capacitor so when you turn it up and the sub hits the sound immediately cuts out due to power clipping. This one looks more promising as it has lots more power caps!

@overbuiltautomotive1299 2 жыл бұрын

ad a lager cap is all you need to do even in with power input just 2 wires 10000 35 volt easy pezzy no need to take old ones out

@carlbrewer5711 2 жыл бұрын

Could a pair of these be used and configured for a stereo pair of truly wireless three-way speakers, without the need for any additional crossovers?

@endall39 3 жыл бұрын

I have three of their streaming chips and find the software to be pretty clunky. Otherwise, pretty interesting tech. Do you happen to know what frequencies the bass and treble controls are centered on? I''d live to see you take a deeper dive and do some testing on one of these. Thanks for sharing this!

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear that you like that. I chose to leave that off of this review because I didn't know if people really enjoyed that. I'll make sure to add that in my future reviews. As for this one, I'll see if I can add it on my website when I get a chance.

@goodgoat3096 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the review. I love the cap, go Pack!

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Go Pack Go! 😁

@RealHIFIHelp 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting.

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

@neaaat5545 3 жыл бұрын

What about the actual sound the unit produces. Does it have distortion, flat sounding exc exx

@layeredwork 3 жыл бұрын

Which DSP is built on this board? Can I use Sigma Studio, too?

@Luke-qs2cg 2 жыл бұрын

Could these be used to replace the crossover and plate amp in the dinas?????

@sebastianciho Жыл бұрын

seems quite interesting. So, iIf using a 19v source it would realistically give me an output of 2x35w and somewhere near 75w one the sub out, all out driven in 4Ohms, at least in theory. Am I correct ?

@KunalVaidya Жыл бұрын

is this still the recommended amp in jan 23 or has there been any new models recommended now

@firebladerio 3 жыл бұрын

GO PACK GO!!!!

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

GO PACK GO!

@adamsojka3345 3 жыл бұрын

I like these boars, I just hope that they used a better DAC. The MV silicon suffers from poor sound quality.

@navrajsinghnavi 3 жыл бұрын

Is it using TPA3116d chipset 🤔

@pawek9528 3 жыл бұрын

TOSLINK is so old. I'm not sure possibly signal will be compressed 5.1 over fibre is definitely compressed, So for using modern way to connect soundbar to TV u should connect HDMI ARC not optic and then you can control device over HDMI without additional remote. Anyway not many boards offering WI-FI BT can't play two channels separately wi-fi usually can

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a board with some Arc. Better yet, they might as well implement eARC. Of course, I am not sure a 2.1 soundbar would get much benefit from it, but it would still be awesome.

@pawek9528 3 жыл бұрын

@@Toid On/Off with main device and volume control

@johnwright8814 3 жыл бұрын

Can you use one for the left channel, one for the right channel, and link them via WiFi?

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

Yes you can do stereo pairing in the app. I believe that will only work with the Wi-Fi app.

@elesinalex 3 жыл бұрын

That's an insane value compared to a MiniDSP 2x4 HD + TPA3116 amps Holy shit they have free shipping over 90 bucks plus shipping from a russian based warehouse, it's an insta buy for me, haha

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

I agree. That's why it's definitely my favorite 2.1 amplifier.

@34Kuro 3 жыл бұрын

@@Toid nice video Toids! btw have you had any news from Kirby (meets Audio) lately?

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

@@34Kuro . Thank you. not lately

@elesinalex 3 жыл бұрын

@@JonnyTHEbanger link? NVM found it!

@elesinalex 3 жыл бұрын

@@Toid I'm testing the amp now. What version of ACPWorkbench you've been using? My program does not have EQ for separate channels, only the in/out EQ. Got it. It needed a firmware upgrade. I've finished setting everything up - and oh boy this is a perfect minidsp replacement. Huge thanks for making that video!

@amadafaka 3 жыл бұрын

Can this amplifier link a subwoofer via Bluetooth or does it have to be wired up to the board?

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

All the speakers are hardwired to this board

@DIYAudioGuy 3 жыл бұрын

Mine only had one antenna, interesting.

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I hope I didn't accidentally add an antenna from another unit I had without realizing it....

@jonnlink 3 жыл бұрын

@@Toid only one on mine too

@1protos 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry to rain on the parade but I got this after the review and the stereo outputs are seriously rolled off below 100hz. I sent two emails and no reply in two weeks despite the 12hr promise. But who would trust a company that advertises a refund for 5 star reviews....EDIT: You can change this with acp workbench I think but you have to pay 20 usd.

@BH4x0r 6 ай бұрын

thats kinda the point of a 2.1 amp, no bass through the stereo speakers and all of it out of a sub

@ClaireReed 3 жыл бұрын

And there is me thinking it was meant to say Acrylic :P

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

Haha! So true! Heck even if you type it into Google search they want to change it for you. 😁

@peterrabbitwarren 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Claire, yep. Are you a teacher?

@trigons 3 жыл бұрын

any good 5.1 boards you rec?

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

None that I have reviewed. Sorry.

@playroomcreative 3 жыл бұрын

I’m a novice. Is this an amplifier or pre-amplifier? It seems too small to put out any real power. How would I plug in a bass amp and full-range amp with line level RCA connectors so I can build a boom box?

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

This has two class D amplifiers built into it. One is a bridged amplifier chip (doubles the power) which powers your subwoofer AKA bass. The other amplifier powers two full range speakers. So you don't need anything else. That green part on the back are screw terminals where you screw in your speaker wire for the speakers. The board is labeled so that you know what each screw terminal is.

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

It is up to 200w powerful. That is dependent on the power you supply it. For full power you would want to give it 24v and enough amperage. That would give you max 100w to the subwoofer and 50w to the full-range speakers.

@haha12678 2 жыл бұрын

Good hardware but their pc software for the DSP is 20 dollar and is coupled to your hdd so if your hdd breaks or you change it you have to buy the software again🤦

@slo2k 3 жыл бұрын

DINAS 2.0? :)

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

You never know 😁

@RizzleK 3 жыл бұрын

@@Toid So, you can configure these to a mono 3-way? Is the input impedance affected terribly if you jump the L+R terminals?

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

@@RizzleK I've never measured the impedance to know how much it would affect it, but I have considered doing this exact thing for a small powered 3 way project.

@euroshopperbier1337 6 ай бұрын

I bought this thing and it worked flawless until it bricked itself.. Nobody had a solution for me so now its an expensive paperweight.

@rawsonte 3 жыл бұрын

Hmm, cant download the software ACPWorkbench without buying? The dsp aspect for active xover all in one most appealing for myself. Something like the parts express dsp amp modules has some messy software.

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. The DSP software is a one-time cost. However that stays with the computer and is relatively inexpensive. You can use it on as many amplifier boards as you want. Sigma studios, which is what Parts Express amplifiers use can be quite daunting especially for a beginner getting into DSP. However it is very powerful.

@rfzw 3 жыл бұрын

At $99, is this the least expensive amp with onboard DSP?

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

If you don't need it to be a 2.1, Dayton has some cheaper options. bit.ly/3aTWlA2 THey do use Sigma Studios which is not the easiest program to learn for beginners.

@ColinWatters 2 жыл бұрын

@@Toid Link broken now.

@overbuiltautomotive1299 6 ай бұрын

i just ored a wondom bru5 300 watt amp i got like 5 sure / wondom amps good stuff best i have found they got anything you coud need and ill be ordering the other preamp dsp that uses the free software .I JUST REMEMBERED they ocourse did not say costs extra hopefully they will give me a link for sofware hope i can find free as i will not pay 20 for it as ill need to buy it 5 times or so that silly ill just buy the other model that uses the other software sigma studio ..ps ACPWorkbench=20 USD per unit ...APWorkbench free from chip manufacturer humm seems fishy

@Toid 6 ай бұрын

You only have to buy ACP workbench once. Once it is on your computer you can program as many boards as you want

@engchoontan8483 Жыл бұрын

I guess WiFi speakers will be better than Bluetooth speakers.

@naturalverities 3 жыл бұрын

For their next trick, I want a 6.1 amp with all the same bells and whistles to accommodate an actively triamped pair of speakers plus a sub. Kiss passive x-overs goodbye and good riddance!

@Toid 3 жыл бұрын

It would be neat to see something like that

@tomkocur 2 жыл бұрын

HDMI ARC input supporting remote control (volume, power) would be nice, too.