Recent content by Steve Woodhouse

If you don’t want them, don’t use them. If others want them, what business is that of yours, or mine?

I'm sure this will be answered somewhere back in the 33 pages of this fred, and I may have asked it myself, but me remembory isn't what it was. What are rhe differences between the Sound and Sound Lite? Identical, apart from the Lite not having a screen or a remote, right? Please and thank you.

Then I’d simply not turn it off with the remote. 👍👍 Many thank everyone for your answers and help.

I have an old Sonos under the TV in the kitchen. Its primary use is to play audio from the TV (through the Sonos’s aux in), as the TV’s audio isn’t great. Occasionally I use it for music. Anyway, the Sonos is on its last legs, so I’m thinking of getting a WiiM Sound (Lite?) to replace it...

I'm guessing you can just screenshare that to the TV anyway? I don't do a lot of screensharing, but that's what I always assumed (before this app arrived) that that's what it'd do.

Cheers, I didn't know it could do that. I don't have any need for it now, as CDs are all ripped. I only need it for new CDs I buy, which is relatively rare. If a new WiM arrived with an in-built CD ripper, I don't think I could get it to rip the files to the right place. But if I rip it on...

I use folder vie by default, so it matters a lot to me. Yes, that's what I thought. I'd much prefer just being able to copy files over my home network.

Okay, so we've seen at least one other streamer with a built in CD player, which will also rip CDs to your device. Okay, that sounds good, but... If anyone has any experience with this, what file/folder structure is used for the ripping destination? Usually it's something like a folder for...

Another interesting 'rival'. For me, not as good as the Ultra, apart from the bigger screen and HDMI out.

Biggest problem here is if you have a sub. If you use anything other than the Ultra's volume control, you're throwing out all of the usability of the Ultra's sub out and bass management, because if you use the Ultra to drive a pre-amp, or external amp, and control the volume there, the sub's...

Ah! For clarity, my upstairs system is my main hi-fi system, the Ultra feeds (line out) a Topping PA5ii amp, which drives a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 12.1s. The a B&K sub being fed by the Ultra, too. The optical out of my Ultra feeds the Topping EX5 for headphone duties. The downstairs...

The app is great, and I really enjoy having a display up with my headphones on. Downside, there are just very, very few options in the app. It’d be nice to customise just a little, with voices between lyrics on and off, artwork on the left, details on the right, just one big album cover in the...

I’m in a similar boat. WiiM Ultra into a Topping EX5 DAC/headphone amp in my upstairs desk set up driving a pair of Sennheiser HD600s, downstairs it’s WiiM Mini into a Topping DX5ii driving a pair of Moondrop Para IIs. Bliss.

Good point. But I’d note that, given the areas in which WiiM works, I don’t think there’s an awful lot of extra justifiable expense necessary. Adding extra ins and outs to the current Ultra won’t add huge amounts. Anything needing. More powerful/capable software will need extra processing...