Recent content by Steve Woodhouse

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...

Hi Chris, I don't know how many times this needs saying, but the power supply in the Ultra is more than good enough; it's completely inaudible. The Ultra (with its current power supply) exibits distortion and noise below the threshold of human hearing. When thinking about what I'd like WiiM to...

Doesn't look any different to me. Only music services showing are Radio Paradise and Qobuz.

Did I just miss something? Updated app for PC? Is ths going to look and behave pretty much like the app on your phone? When is it available? Please and thank you.

Well, that's something that sprang to my mind, too. But the second RCA out is just hardware. The sub signal is already in stereo, and they have to fold it down to mono for the mono sub out, so no problem there. And as for room correction, I don't see a problem. Let's say you currently hav a...

I may be wrong here, but I think there'll be a difference between anything new and the Ultra, in comparison to the Ultra vs the older streamers. With the latter, the Ultra wasn't just new hardware, there was a lot of new app-based functionality. I remember lots of talk about how the bass...

Agreed. My only caveat would be if they knew exactly what the new model was going to be like, and they could inform everyone with a degree of cetainty when the new item was pre-announced, then a lot of those issues go away.

I'm not sure if this has been requested yet, but it'd be great for WiiM to sell a desktop equipment rack which will fit current WiiM units. I think c.22cm x 22cm x 8 cm tall should do the trick. There are some racks out there, but they often look far more expensive than you'd think, and ofen...

Welcome! I'll just repeat the usual. Can we have: - A cheap CD transport the same dimensions as the Ultra. No DAC necessary. Not portable. Just a front/drawer loading transport for <£100. - An Ultra plus with balanced outs, stereo sub outs, a better ADC, etc. - Another 'better' sub. Same...

(y)(y)(y) Just as an aside, and I suppose this is one of those ways of viewing things. If your metadata is wrong 75% of the time, and you have to enter it yourself, that still better than having to enter 100% yourself.

Burnside has offered a possible reason why (above). But that aside, If people across the world are ripping CDs and the metadata is usually correct, but for you it's almost wrong, then logically the problem isn't with everyone else for whom it works. I'm not having a go here, and I'd very much...