Recent content by Kblade97

And the reason you like the Yamaha and the Schiit is because of the analog stages in and out. IMHO Nobody ever mentions upgrading that part of the Ultra

I was gonna say, why isn’t this speaker selector controlling the impedance, so the amplifier doesn’t shut down. I have a Niles that does that.

I’ve had the SME 10 series 5 arm for over 25 years. And the VPI classic four, with gimbal arm about 2 1/2 to 3 years. I have more turntables, but I like my digital too. But I never stopped listening to R2R or records. And I keep collecting. I love all formats. Look up at the top left on my audio...

The arm is a series V better bearings magnesium arm, cart is an entry Dynavector 10x5 V2. This beast is fun. I agree with all your points. Hope I don’t get in trouble for posting pictures of my turntables.

Well said, I would agree wholeheartedly. Pictures for giggles

Agreed 👍

I have Bifrost 2 that I used with my Ultra. It controls the amp better with more punch. Open it up and look at the analog output stage there’s really no comparison to the Ultra. Would be nice if Mike Moffat could take the WiiM streamer and design the analog stage🤷‍♂️ But the Bifrost cost more...

Better analog stages too

Nailed it The analog stage is so important. No one ever seems to mention it. I would rather have a lesser dac chip set and a great analog stage, than a great dac with crappy analog stage.

I had a Chord Qutest 2 connected to the USB on the Ultra. When I used the analog outputs on the Ultra, the performance was better. You are getting a lot of good advice on here and a synopsis of that advice is, spend your money elsewhere.

I am sitting here listening to the WiiM Vibelink on 4k speakers, hell my speaker stands cost more than this amp. It just a killer little amp. Can’t imagine something at the 1000.00 price point from these guys. Wow just wow

We can have both

If you want to test the dynamics of your system, you can’t find anything better than this. You may not like it, but it’s dynamic.

Most excellent 🤘

You wouldn’t like to see a beefed up analog input, and output stage? Them making a streamer without any analog input /output stages would be a very limited market. Then I would say do both because I have a nice preamp and amp and I would like a streamer with the best analog input/output stage as...