Recent content by Balthazar B

And USB out. Or even better IMHO -- as has been suggested multiple times -- would be a lean and mean streamer that is optimized for integration into current music systems as the digital-only intermediary between content sources and one or more DACs, Roon/LMS/etc-ready in the Ultra form factor...

Nor MQA support for very much longer.

Not surprising. The RCX-1500 stems from the first generation of Class D technology, and considered sort of Stone Age today. We're essentially in the 3rd generation now, especially with e.g. Purifi devices, and both Hypex and ICEpower solutions much improved over earlier iterations. I don't know...

You can get around that with a rooted system. And all these Android-variant audio products are rooted and built to purpose. Of course, that means you probably won't know whether the manufacturer is including some horrific security/privacy violations OOTB, or whether there are back doors that...

It may be largely a matter of the firmware. For instance, Schiit was forced to look for alternative DAC hardware for some of their products after the AKM factory burnt down. Although I think they weren't fans of Sabre products before that, they discovered -- perhaps to their surprise -- that...

Quite a lot of 2 channel audio systems employ monoblock power amps that typically provide XLR inputs, which are optimal for noise rejection and signal gain. If the Ultra is trying to be a sort of be-all, end-all streaming preamp, WiiM will want to appeal to that pretty important consumer segment.

Would suggest opening tickets with both WiiM and Tidal. When music is playing on both devices, what happens when you reconnect the app to the WiiM using Tidal Connect?

Are you on the Tidal beta, by any chance? Might be worth trying to see if it's been fixed there. You can always revert whenever you want.

Did anything change on your laptop between the time you could see Tidal Connect endpoints and when you could no longer? That's what I'd focus on first, since it's almost certainly your laptop that got broken in some way. Make sure your WiiMs have static IP addresses and put everything on...

Just to clarify, do you mean the 2.5mm jack?

Etc. must include the Ultrissimus.

@azoriusmage , do all your WiiMs have static IP addresses? Are they all on the same LAN/VLAN?

That would be nice, wouldn't it? Unfortunately, to this point, unless your given name is Elon Musk, or your corporate name is Sonos, Apple appears not to know nor care that you even exist, except as a nuisance. I had hope for a while that since Apple was purportedly requiring its divisions and...

I wonder if your tongue would tell you. Merely speculating; not suggesting you try this at home. :p

Max 192/24.