Recent content by Steve Woodhouse

Spotting an immediate difference between two near-identical things is a completely different activity to revising for an exam. My point remains, if you listened to both for a month before spitting the difference, then that difference should be all the clearer if you then switched to an A/B test.

There will be absolutely no audible difference in a controlled comparison.

I don’t think s/he was being serious.

This has been mentioned before - probably by me - but I'm going to say it again. CD transport, no DAC required, designed to go into the digital input on your WiiM streamer/streaming amplifier (or anythng else). But WiiM cheap. It really doesn't need to be any more than £30. Okay, maybe £50...

Great, I’m sure. But that’s not an Ultra 2, it’s a completely different product.

Less of a troubleshoot, I suupose, and more a case of avoiding the need for it. My Dayton Audio iMM-6C calibration mic has just arrived. Is there anything I need to do/do differently when re-running room correction, or is it just plug and play? Many thanks.

I currently use my Ultra at my desk, and and Mini fit my headphones downstairs. It’d be nice to move the Ultra downstairs, but I’m not doing that just to buy another Ultra, I’ll wait for an Ultra II for the desk, or stick with the Mini downstairs.

Okay, just found this and dialled it in. The hearing in my right ear is fairly standard for a 60 year old, with a little loss, but even across all frequencies. My left ear is generally the same, but with some high frequency loss. So I've put in PEQ for my new headphones (Moondrop Para 2)...

Thank you. This is just for headphone use, so no problem.

I’ve not checked for a while, but does the Mini have 10-band stereo PEQ, it just mono. I was in PEQ the other day and forgot to check.

I’ve had a Sonos 5 (1st gen) for many years. The sound is now very boomy and unpleasant, and I believe the room correction (Truplay) isn’t working properly. Anyway, as I had an empty house for a few hours, I decided to re-run it, but it won’t let me. I’ve been through everything, connecting the...

I’m just about to rant about the Sonos 5 elsewhere.

One of the 'albums' I've checked doesn't atually exist (a self-made compilation), so I'm very impressed that it manages to pick up my own album art from the USB and lyrics from t'internet simultaniously.

Pertaining (though just a little) to the above, I have an Ultra in my upstairs lounge with a USB drive attached. I have a Mini in the downstairs lounge, through whic I can access the music on the USB drive. The WiiM TV app I the downstairs lounge definitely displays the artwork on the USB (not...

Would you care to say why?