Recent content by s3igell

Perhaps you are somewhat confused as to which elements of which device is consuming most the energy in your described configurations. As the actual Work performed is the speaker cones moving energetically to create sonic waves, and that energy is coming through the speaker wires from the WiiM...

Apples and Oranges... Where in "nearly double the power" is "perceived loudness" even mentioned??

Perhaps it is a limit of the Coax-Optical Converter. Have you successfully received greater than 16/44.1 from that converter using any other source??

I didn't say ADC, rather the TI based Input Chip that WiiM already acknowledged up-thread as "not used for ADC function".

Well, that is disappointing. (And a first amongst all the released WiiM products Digital Inputs.) Perhaps this is a result of the choice of A/D Input chips.

It is almost always "exclusively a downstream issue". But, there are things that you can do for your AV Room - starting with the Dedicated Circuit. Perhaps consider two circuits, if you are a Power Junkie (multiple Amps or Low Efficiency Speakers). And consider Surge Suppression. Also make...

He doesn't read manuals or quick start guides either. And has been known to not looking all the way to the bottom of the box to find the remote control.

The Optical Input (and assumably the Coax Input) will have the existing Digital Input Sensing Auto-On / No Activity Delay Auto-Off that the other WiiM enjoy.

It is only "technically better" based on one tester's - Amir - review (a series of tests where he admitted experiencing ground loops and other technical issues). I'd like to back Amir's report with both WiiM's response and other testers' results (@onlyoneme ?), before consigning VibeLink to the...

The ability to capture and output digital copies of media input or streaming content readily verges on abetting copyright infringement (of course we KNOW that NOONE wishes the capability except for Personal Archival). Various countries have moderate to strong legal restraints on these sorts of...

The Visual and Audio Senses are barely comparable, whether in terms of comparative tests or even over-stretched metaphors. The Visual Swatch Test is an In-Context Comparative between finite elements placed in a strictly defined location. The Audio Test is more equivalent to comparing two...

Correct: Set them Side-By-Side and the Ultra is TALLER. Set them Vertically-Stacked and the Knobs don't Align.

And: Per the only WiiM-supplied photo of the two vertically stacked, the Knobs DON'T Align Vertically. The VibeLink Knob is further outboard... Is that a "Hard NO" in itself??

For something totally different: No post in this thread has yet called out that the VibeLink and Ultra are NOT sized the same. Ultra - 211mm x 200mm x 72mm per diagram - (200x200x72 per literature) VibeLink - 212.5mm x 200mm x 63mm per diagram - (200x200x63 per literature) It appears that the...

Sub-Out runs off a separate TI PCM9151 (I recall) DAC.