Recent content by cooky560

I want to see testing of the Amp Pro before I decide if I want to order it to replace my Amp. I am keen on adding the Ultra to one of my systems. I don't see from what WiiM has said what changes have been made to the Amp stage (other than PFFB) so I want to see how it sounds

I found that the best solution to this is to play Amazon music in the WiiM app rather than the Amazon app, as for reasons I'm still not sure of Chromecast is unreliable on my pro plus. Now I use Tidal, however the advice I provided should still work.

Many amps have their own 12v triggers, could you not use the amp's trigger to connect to the WiiM? Another option is to connect both the amp and the WiiM to the shelly plug using an adaptor.

I saw a what hifi review of a mission amp, the 778x I think? After reading what must of been a thousand words. I still have no idea how it sounds. This is the problem with modern hifi reviews.

I always live the the rule of "how does it sound", if it sounds good, I can forgive imperfect measurements, but I do look at measurements when making a decision as to audio stuff to purchase.

I dunno, if the room correction when it's finished, can transform the sound as it can for other units, I think the WiiM will be very strong.

It has no physical power button. You can turn it to standby using the power button on the remote, it also goes to standby on it's own a time of inactivity, like the the streamers do, defined in the settings. Pressing in the volume dial has the same purpose as pressing play/pause on the wiim...

If you look at my list of missing features on modern amps, that are common on most my older amps, it's amazing where hifi has been, and it's more amazing where it's going with the WiiM like devices.

This solution seems fine, because it's up to the user to change if they want it or not. As I said, the feature should be off by default, not removed entirely.

This seems to be related the auto input sensing, I disabled this as my phono pre-amp would randomly wake my WiiM Amp, seems fine now. In this case it was not the WiiMs fault, but the phono stage's as it always seemed to broadcast a signal to the amp, even when that signal was silence.

The majority of my equipment is indeed from the 80s, and older. However a quick browse of new hifi from local websites suggests that the idea of settings being left as they were by default, is indeed still the present position of a majority of audio products. I would accept this is a reasonable...

It's not trivial if it can't be disabled by the end user who has no use for it. Which was my point all along. I don't understand why some people might need it, but that doesn't mean I don't accept they might want it. However it should by default behave like every other audio device on the...

I do like the addition of legs to the pro plus, I've seen a couple of people do it, makes me wonder if WiiM should offer feet as an optional extra as it really does enhance it's appearance.

The scary thing is those 13 items I listed doesn't even include features I don't use, such as monitoring recordings on the tape loops, edit programs, the fact my amp can output one source the speakers, and another to the line output... We've lost a lot really.

On this topic actually the list of things my Cambridge audio amp doesn't have that vintage amps do: Stereo / Mono Mode With my sherwood s7200 specifically, quad stereo, and the ability to downmix quad sound into stereo. Balance Tone Tone defeat The option to function as a power amp only The...