Recent content by dtc

Feature Request : adjustable needle drop noise.

Digitizing ones vinyls or CDS is a very common practice (at least in the US). I don't think anyone would classify that as copyright infringement.

The best route is an A to D converter that takes in the analog from the player and outputs digital to a PC. You can get ones that accept MM/MC output and applies RIAA or just a straight A to D which accepts the output of a phono preamp. The quality of the conversion process varies so you need...

I do not use Wiim for my TV sound, I use Sonos. The Wiim solution involves having separate Wiim devices but does not support a center channel. I would search this site for more information. For me, there does not seem to be a real 5.1 Wiim solution at this time. DLNA without Sonos will not stay...

No answer, but some information. I have a Sonos soundbar and 2 Sonos speakers for rears to give me 5.1 That setup works well and is always in sync. You can also play music through that setup from the Sonos app. You just play to the soundbar and the rears also play. You can also connect other...

I am using .71 - the latest public version and it sees my Mini and Pro. You might want to re-install that and see how it works. It might have been something about the installation.

Some verbose information you might find useful. The DSD to PCM conversion does not take much CPU power. There are public domain programs, including source code, that have been around for quite a while that do it. Conversion from PCM to DSD, however, is very compute intensive. The ESS 9038...

That is their top end system. What better wireless system are you looking at for less money?

I don't know where the $3,000 price comes from. A Sonos Arc sound bar is $650 and 2 Sonos Era 100's are $500 for a total of $1,150. That includes the speakers and the amplifiers, which are bult in, and the streaming software. A sub adds $400. That price is competitive with other competitive...

I know Sonos is not everyone's favorite these days, but a Sonos sound bar with wireless surrounds is a very easy to use 5.1 system. The key is a good soundbar with all flavors of Dolby including ATMOS plus DTS decoding plus 5.1/7.1 PCM. Seems to me that should be the goal. And that system...

To use the line input, you need to send the signal through a photo-preamp. The low level phono signal would go through the phono input on the Ultra. There have been reports of people dissatisfied with the quality of the A to D on the phono input. I would suggest you look at Vinyl Studio rather...

I use DLNA to my Sonos system using JRiver and cast to one Sonos speaker and then use the Sonos app to group speakers. Sonos keeps them in sync. Since Sonos has their own syncing method, I doubt Wiim will be able to sync them directly. They will drift over time. Since I only change my speaker...

The Russound box was designed for just this type of setup. Look at the Niles option also. I think Monoprice has one also.

Some people have been able to send DoP data to an Ultra and have it send bit perfect output to optical and coax. According to one report that does not work for usb. Given that only 192 KHz data is supported, that is limited to DSD64. I do not think the architecture can support native format...

You can make either of these situations work. Tube integrated amps can sound quite different. I suggest you think about the sound of the two amps and then circle back to the Wiim part of the solution.